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Animals, England

Animal Health

Made 16th April 2018

Coming into force 1st June 2018

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981^f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations

f1: 1981 c. 22. Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Minister” and “the Ministers” are now exercisable by the Secretary of State. Functions of “the Ministers” were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (SI 1999/3141). Functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/794).