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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-wales-amendment-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2009/2940",
  "legislation_title": "The Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-wales-amendment-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS, WALES\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 3 November 2009\nComing into force 25 November 2009\nThe Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and now vested in them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 86(1) for a definition of “the Ministers”. The functions of “the Ministers” insofar as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1999/672 and S.I. 2004/3044. Functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of and Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2009/2940/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."
}