{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-order-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-order-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/285",
  "legislation_title": "The Zoonoses Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "687.01\nANIMALS\nANIMAL HEALTH\nMade 28th February 1989\nComing into force 1st March 1989\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, 7(1) and (2), 8(1), 17(1), 23, 29, 72, 86(1), 87(2) and (5)(a) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 22; as applied by S.I. 1975/1030; section 86(1) contains a definition of the “Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/285/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:49:20.781936+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."
}