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ANIMALS, ENGLAND

ANIMAL HEALTH

Made 8th December 2005

Laid before Parliament 13th December 2005

Coming into force 1st February 2006

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) of the Animal Health Act 1981^f1 and now vested in her^f2, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order:

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f1: 1981 c. 22. See section 86(1) for the definition of “the Minister” and “the Ministers”.
f2: Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Minister” and “the Ministers” are now exercisable by the Secretary of State. Functions of “the Ministers” were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141). Functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).