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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-amendment-regulations-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/3033",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-amendment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals, England\nAnimal Welfare\nMade 22nd December 2010\nComing into force in accordance with Regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State is the appropriate national authority in relation to England for the purposes of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 12(6) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(1), (2) and (3) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811. The function of the former Minister of Agriculture of making regulations under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/3033/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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