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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horse-passports-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2789",
  "legislation_title": "The Horse Passports Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horse-passports-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 20th November 1997\nComing into force 1st January 1998\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 8(1) and 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22. See section 86(1)(c) for a definition of “the Ministers”."
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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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