{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rabies-compensation-order-1976/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rabies-compensation-order-1976/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1976/2195",
  "legislation_title": "The Rabies (Compensation) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rabies-compensation-order-1976",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Diseases of Animals Act 1950, as amended or extended by any subsequent enactment;\n“animal” has the same meaning as in the Rabies (Control) Order 1974;\n“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.\n(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1974 III, p. 8649)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/2195/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:07.195354+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."
}