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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-amendment-order-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3085",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals at Markets (Amendment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-amendment-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 6th December 1993\nComing into force:\nAll provisions except Article 2(2) 1st January 1994\nArticle 2(2) 1st January 1995\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 by section 37(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",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22; see section 86(1) for a definition of “the Ministers”."
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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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