{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-scotland-declaratory-and-controlled-area-amendment-no-4-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/159",
  "legislation_title": "The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) (Declaratory and Controlled Area) Amendment (No. 4) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-scotland-declaratory-and-controlled-area-amendment-no-4-order-2001",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001. The Order prevents the owner or person in charge of an animal in a Controlled Area from moving an animal on unenclosed land without notice from a veterinary inspector.\nThe Order amends the licence for movement to slaughter in connection with the maximum number of days within which movement must be completed.\nThe Order also amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 3) Order 2001 and the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 4) Order 2001. It amends these Orders so as to allow the licensing of movement from an infected area to slaughter, under a licence in the form prescribed, and makes further provision in that regard.\nThe Order also makes provision in relation to stray or feral animals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/159/note",
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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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