{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animal-pathogens-order-1980/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animal-pathogens-order-1980/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1980/1212",
  "legislation_title": "The Importation of Animal Pathogens Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animal-pathogens-order-1980",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nDISEASES OF ANIMALS\nMade 11th August 1980\nLaid before Parliament 19th August 1980\nComing into Operation 1st October 1980\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 by sections 1, 24, 84(2) and 84(3) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 and now vested in them, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "section 24 was amended by section 1 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1975 (c. 40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By the Transfer of Functions (Animal Health) Order 1955 (S.I. 1955/958) and the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1212/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:55:45.929215+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."
}