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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-staging-points-order-1998/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2537",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Staging Points) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-staging-points-order-1998",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Approval of staging points",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate Minister shall be the competent authority for the purposes of Articles 3.1, 3.3, 3.4 and 4.2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97.\n(2) An approval of a staging point for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97, and any suspension, withdrawal or restoration of such an approval, shall be by notice.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2537/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:15.647265+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."
}