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(1) This Order may be cited as the Legislative Reform (Local Government) (Animal Health Functions) Order 2009 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
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(1) In section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 the following subsections are repealed—
(a) subsection (7) (which prevents a local authority from arranging under that section for another local authority to discharge their animal health functions); and
(b) subsection (7A) (which exempts Welsh principal councils from the prohibition in subsection (7)).
(2) Paragraph 26(2) of Schedule 15 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (which inserted section 101(7A) of the Local Government Act 1972) is repealed.
Hilary Benn
Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
30th May 2009