{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-bees-amendment-order-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-bees-amendment-order-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3249",
  "legislation_title": "The Importation of Bees (Amendment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-bees-amendment-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BEE DISEASES\nMade 24th December 1993\nLaid before Parliament 30th December 1993\nComing into force 1st January 1994\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 section 1(1) and (2) of the Bees Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 12."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3249/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:43:37.050874+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."
}