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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/28",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 10th January 1996\nComing into force\nAll articles other than articles 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 1st February 1996\nArticles 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 1st March 1996\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22. See section 86(1 ) for a definition of “the Ministers” and “the appropriate Minister”."
    }
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  "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."
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