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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-artificial-insemination-of-mares-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1504",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination of Mares) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-artificial-insemination-of-mares-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "VETERINARY SURGEONS\nMade 9th June 2004\nLaid before Parliament 10th June 2004\nComing into force 6th July 2004\nThe Secretary of State and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by section 19(4)(e) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 and now vested in them and after consultation with the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 36: “the Ministers” referred to in section 19(4)(e) are defined in section 27(1) as amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to S.I. 1978/272. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Act were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by virtue of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/794."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, by virtue of the powers vested in the Northern Ireland Minister in charge of that department by virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) and which may now be exercised by that department by virtue of section 1(8) of, and paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Schedule to, the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1)."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1504/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."
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