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Animals, England

Animal Health

Made 13th February 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1, and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981^f1 and now vested in him^f2.

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972^f3 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references in the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2009^f4 to provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102 EEC and 64/432 EEC^f5 to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.

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Footnotes

f1: 1981 c.22 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
f2: 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).
f3: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and amended by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
f4: S.I. 2009/3219 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
f5: OJ No L 5, 9.1.10. p8 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.