{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-scotland-declaratory-and-controlled-area-amendment-no-6-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) (Declaratory and Controlled Area) Amendment (No. 6) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-scotland-declaratory-and-controlled-area-amendment-no-6-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order further amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001.\nIt bans sheep shearing within Scotland, as a controlled area, except under the conditions of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers. In certain restricted circumstances, the ban does not apply to an occupier of premises in relation to sheep on those premises, or in relation to an owner of sheep in common flocks.\nThe Order also provides for similar restrictions in the infected areas under the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 5) Order 2001, the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 6) Order 2001, and the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 7) Order 2001.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/204/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:46:27.670936+00:00"
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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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