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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-england-order-2002/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS, ENGLAND\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 23rd December 2002\nComing into force 20th January 2003\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 1, 8(1), 17(1), 23, 83(2), 87(2) and (5) and 88(2) and (4) of the Animal Health Act 1981 makes the following Order—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22. See section 86(1) for the definitions of “the Ministers” and “the Minister”. Functions of “the Ministers” so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales in relation to England, were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141) 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": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3229/introduction",
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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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