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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-veterinary-practitioners-registration-regulations-order-of-council-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3342",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2003",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "VETERINARY SURGEONS\nMade 19th December 2003\nComing into force 1st April 2004\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 19th day of December 2003\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas in pursuance of section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons have made the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 2003:\nAnd whereas by section 25(1) of that Act the Regulations shall not have effect unless approved by the Privy Council:\nNow, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the Regulations into consideration, are hereby pleased, in exercise of the power conferred by section 25(1) of the Act, to order as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 36."
    }
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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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