{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mink-keeping-prohibition-england-order-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mink-keeping-prohibition-england-order-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/100",
  "legislation_title": "The Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (England) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mink-keeping-prohibition-england-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS, ENGLAND\nDESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 19th January 2004\nLaid before Parliament 20th January 2004\nComing into force 24th March 2004\nThe Secretary of State, being satisfied with respect to the non-indigenous mammalian species which are the subject of this Order that by reason of their destructive habits it is desirable to prohibit or control the keeping of them and to destroy any which may be at large, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 and now vested in her, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1932 c. 12; section 11 (interpretation) was amended by S.I. 1992/3302."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "As respects England, by article 2(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141) the functions of the Secretary of State jointly exercisable with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under section 10 of the Act were transferred to the Minister and were then transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S. I. 2002/794)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/100/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:35:35.419883+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."
}