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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-wales-regulations-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-wales-regulations-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2003/992",
  "legislation_title": "The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-wales-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ZOOS, WALES\nMade 2nd April 2003\nComing into force 22nd April 2003\nThe National Assembly for Wales, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the said section 2, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/3495."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. This function was transferred to the Secretary of State for Wales (S.I. 1978/272) and then to the National Assembly for Wales (S.I. 1999/672)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/992/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:11:05.852270+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."
}