{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-extension-of-definitions-order-1971/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-extension-of-definitions-order-1971/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1971/531",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Animals (Extension of Definitions) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-extension-of-definitions-order-1971",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This order extends the definition of disease in section 84 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 to include brucellosis for all the purposes of the Act, except that it does not become a notifiable disease under section 8.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/531/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:47:14.559782+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."
}