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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-sheep-prohibition-no-2-amendment-no-2-order-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1120",
  "legislation_title": "The Export of Sheep (Prohibition) (No. 2) Amendment No. 2 Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-sheep-prohibition-no-2-amendment-no-2-order-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Export of Sheep (Prohibition) (No. 2) Order 1987, as amended, (“the principal Order”) which prohibits, subject to exceptions, the export from Great Britain to a Member State of the European Communities of —\n(a) sheep moved from a place in an area designated for the purposes of Part I of the Foodand Environment Protection Act 1985 (c. 48) in accordance with the terms of a consent under setion 2(1) of that Act which required that the sheep to which it appliesshould be marked in a specified manner; and\n(b) sheep which have been moved in contravention of a restriction imposed by an Order made under section 1 of that Act.\nThe principal Order does not apply to those sheep which have been examined and subsequently marked with an ear-tag by an officer authorised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheriesand Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland or Wales or the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland or to those sheep moved from a place in a designated area in accordance with the terms of a consent given on or before 30th July 1989, 1st October1989 or8th January 1989 which required them to be marked with an apricot, green or blue mark respectively. This Order extends theexception in the principal Order to any sheep moved from a place in a designated area in accordance with the terms of a consent given on or before 14th January 1990, which required it to be marked with a blue mark.\nThe order revokes and replaces the Export of Sheep (Prohibition) (No. 2) Amendment Order 1990 (article 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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