{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-2011/article-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of local authority",
  "text": "(1) In England, “local authority” means—\n(a) where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994, a unitary authority, that authority,\n(b) where there is not a unitary authority—\n(i) in a metropolitan district, the council of that district,\n(ii) in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county,\n(iii) in a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London,\n(c) in the City of London, the Common Council, or\n(d) in the Isles of Scilly, the Council.\n(2) In Scotland, “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.\n(3) In Wales, “local authority” means a county council or a county borough council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1)(b)(iii) substituted (29.12.2014) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3158), arts. 1(3), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/867; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/611 and 2008/2867."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c.39."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2883/article/3",
    "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."
}