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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-spongiform-encephalopathyorder-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1645",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats Spongiform EncephalopathyOrder 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-spongiform-encephalopathyorder-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 7th July 1998\nComing into force 29th July 1998\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, 7(1), 8(1), 15(4), 32(2), 34(7), 35(1) and (3), 36(2) and (5)(a), 72, 83(2), 87(2) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981 hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22; section 35(1A) was inserted by section 1(2) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40); see section 86(1) for definitions of “the Minister” and “the Ministers”."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1645/introduction",
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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."
}