{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-order-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-order-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3141",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Poultry Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-order-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 8th December 1994\nComing into force 1st January 1995\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 7, 8(1), 15(5), 17(1), 23, 25, 35(1), 83(2), 87(5)(a) and 88(4) of the Animal Health Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22. Section 86(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers”. Section 35(1) was amended by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3141/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:21:09.654164+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."
}