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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-437/article-2a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-437/article-2a.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/437",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 approving a Diagnostic Manual for avian influenza as provided for in Council Directive 2005/94/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 3477) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/437/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-437",
  "path": "article/2a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2a",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Decision—\na) “the appropriate Minister” means—\ni) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\nii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;\niii) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.\nb) “the competent authority” means the appropriate Minister for the relevant constituent part of Great Britain.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2a inserted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 10(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(7)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/437/article/2a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:33.742537+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."
}