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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-amendment-order-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3158",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-amendment-order-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nAnimal Health\nMade 27th November 2014\nLaid before Parliament 28th November 2014\nComing into force 29th December 2014\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 1999/2027."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68 (“the 1972 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule. Under section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under EU law in relation to devolved matters, the Secretary of State retains power to exercise such functions as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, and amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, Part 1 of the Schedule, and by S.I. 2007/1388."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3158/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:55:08.145265+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."
}