{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1099/article-2a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1099/article-2a.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1099",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1099",
  "path": "article/2a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2a",
  "heading": "Definition of Appropriate Authority",
  "text": "1. Subject to paragraph 2, ‘the appropriate authority’ means—\n(a) for regulations applying in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(b) for regulations applying in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(c) for regulations applying in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.\n2. ‘The appropriate authority’ is the Secretary of State if consent is given by—\n(a) for regulations applying in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) for regulations applying in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2a inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 9(3) (with reg. 12) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 3(4)(a)(i)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1099/article/2a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:07.639589+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."
}