{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/848",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals and Fresh Meat (Examination for Residues) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Powers of inspection and sampling",
  "text": "An authorised officer may—\n(a) inspect any animal for any mark made under regulation 7(2)(a) or otherwise for the purposes of these Regulations;\n(b) take a sample from any animal, its excrement or body fluids and from its tissues or fresh meat;\n(c) inspect and take a sample of any substance which he reasonably suspects of being a transmissible substance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/848/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:52.543014+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."
}