{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2628",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extension of definitions of “animals” and “poultry”",
  "text": "For the purposes of the Act in its application to this Order—\n(a) the definition of “animals” in section 87(1) of the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise rabbits; and\n(b) the definition of “poultry” in section 87(4) of the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise quails.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2628/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:52.737521+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}