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(6.10.2006) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/11" id="c9i7luej2-00261" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2006" Number="11" Title="Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006">Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c9i7luej2-00262" CitationRef="c9i7luej2-00261" SectionRef="section-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/11/section/11" Operative="true">ss. 11</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c9i7luej2-00263" CitationRef="c9i7luej2-00261" SectionRef="section-55-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/11/section/55/1">55(1)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c9i7luej2-00264" CitationRef="c9i7luej2-00261" SectionRef="section-54" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/11/section/54">s. 54</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/482" id="c9i7luej2-00265" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="482" Title="The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006">S.S.I. 2006/482</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c9i7luej2-00266" CitationRef="c9i7luej2-00265" SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/482/article/2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>