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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-2011/article-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2883",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-2011",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Appointment of authorised officers",
  "text": "(1) The local authority or the appropriate authority may authorise officers for the purpose of enforcing the relevant instruments.\n(2) The following are authorised officers for the purpose of enforcing the relevant instruments—\n(a) a person appointed as an inspector or a veterinary inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981,\n(b) a person appointed for the purposes of the Non Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (England) Regulations 2004 or the Pet Travel Scheme (Scotland) Order 2003.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/2363."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2003/229."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2883/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:39.103853+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."
}