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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-england-order-2002/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3229",
  "legislation_title": "The Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-england-order-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extension of definition of “animals” and “disease”",
  "text": "For the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to this Order—\n(a) the definition of “animals” in section 87(1) of that Act is extended so as to comprise any kind of mammal except man and any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal; and\n(b) the definition of “disease” in section 88(1) of that Act is extended so as to comprise any disease of animals.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3229/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:34:47.967373+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."
}