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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-for-the-welfare-of-pigs-appointed-day-and-revocation-england-order-2020/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/127",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs (Appointed Day and Revocation) (England) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-for-the-welfare-of-pigs-appointed-day-and-revocation-england-order-2020",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) This article applies in relation to any proceedings arising from a complaint (whenever presented) alleging that a person has, before 1st March 2020, caused unnecessary suffering to an animal under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.\n(2) Where this article applies—\n(a) the Code of Practice referred to in article 2 has no effect for the purposes of section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, and\n(b) the Code of Recommendations referred to in article 3 continues to have effect for the purposes of that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/127/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:50.589283+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}