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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-and-the-feeding-stuffs-enforcement-amendment-england-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3389",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-and-the-feeding-stuffs-enforcement-amendment-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND\nMade 12th October 2001\nLaid before Parliament 12th October 2001\nComing into force 3rd November 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Health, acting in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1), 74A and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 (as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation as required by section 84(1) of that Act with the persons or organisations appearing to represent the interests concerned, and acting, as a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) (in so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”; the definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. By virtue of S.I. 1999/3141, functions of the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland previously exercisable in relation to England ceased to be so exercisable. Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972, c. 68, Schedule 4, paragraph 6, and the Act was amended by the Agriculture Act 1970 Amendment Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/980)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/656."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 1999/2027."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. The enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "As read with section 2(5) of the European Economic Area Act 1993."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3389/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:27:20.758699+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."
}