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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/21",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) DAERA may by regulations make provision about the classification, identification and presentation of bovine, pig and sheep carcasses by slaughterhouses in Northern Ireland.\n(2) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision about enforcement, which may (among other things) include provision—\n(a) about the provision of information;\n(b) conferring powers of entry;\n(c) conferring powers of inspection, search and seizure;\n(d) about the keeping of records;\n(e) imposing monetary penalties;\n(f) creating summary offences punishable with a fine not exceeding the amount specified in the regulations, which must not exceed level 5 on the standard scale;\n(g) about appeals;\n(h) conferring functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person.\n(3) Regulations under this paragraph may not authorise entry to a private dwelling without a warrant issued by a lay magistrate.\n(4) Regulations under this paragraph are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 18 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 11.1.2021, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/21/schedule/6/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:34.562379+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."
}