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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docking-of-working-dogs-tails-england-regulations-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1120",
  "legislation_title": "The Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docking-of-working-dogs-tails-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS, ENGLAND\nanimal welfare\nMade 30th March 2007\nComing into force 6th April 2007\nThe Secretary of State, as the appropriate national authority in relation to England, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(4), (5), (6), (8) and (14) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 6(15) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted those persons appearing to him to represent interests with which these Regulations are concerned as he considered appropriate.\nIn accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (10.5.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(4), 35(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 48"
    },
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 5, Sch. 1 para. 48"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.45. The appropriate national authority is defined in section 62(1) of the Act."
    }
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  "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."
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