{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-definition-of-infected-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/195",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Fish (Definition of Infected) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-definition-of-infected-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the list of diseases to which the provisions of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937, as amended, apply.\nThe Order amends the definition of “infected” in section 10(1) of the Act by adding gyrodactyliasis caused by the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris to the list of diseases in that section (article 2).\nThe Order revokes the Diseases of Fish Order 1966, which has ceased to have effect (article 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/195/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:12.606611+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."
}