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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-staging-points-order-1998/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 13th October 1998\nComing into force\nArticle 3 6th November 1998\nAll other articles 1st January 1999\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 on them by sections 1, 8, 37(1) and 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22. See section 86(1)(c) 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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