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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110757797",
  "legislation_title": "The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 61(2) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, for approval by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\nANIMALs, ENGLAND\nANIMAL WELFARE\nMade 2007\nComing into force 6th April 2007\nThe Secretary of State is, in relation to England, the appropriate national authority for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by section 5(4) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, and makes the following Regulations in exercise of those powers.\nIn accordance with section 5(5) 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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": "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."
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