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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-and-welfare-scotland-act-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "asp/2006/11",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-and-welfare-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A sheriff or justice of the peace may grant a warrant under this sub-paragraph if satisfied—\n(a) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that there is at premises a protected animal which—\n(i) is suffering, or\n(ii) is likely to suffer if its circumstances do not change, and\n(b) that paragraph 5 is complied with in relation to the premises.\n(2) A warrant under sub-paragraph (1) authorises an inspector or a constable to enter and search the premises for the purpose of exercising any power conferred by sections 32 and 35.\n(3) An inspector or a constable may—\n(a) enter and search premises for the purpose of exercising any power conferred by sections 32 and 35, and\n(b) do so without a warrant under sub-paragraph (1),\nif it appears that immediate entry is appropriate in the interests of an animal.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply in relation to domestic premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 6.10.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/11/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:11.416486+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."
}