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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110446577",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nANIMALS, ENGLAND\nPREVENTION OF CRUELTY, ENGLAND\nMade 2003\nComing into force 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 and vested in her and after consultation (in accordance with section 2 of the said 1968 Act) with such persons appearing to her to represent any interests concerned as she has considered appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
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      "text": "1968 c. 34. Functions conferred under the 1968 Act on “the Ministers” were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141) and were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/794."
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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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