{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Primary analysis of official samples",
  "text": "(1) An official sample taken from any animal, its excrement or body fluid or from its tissues or fresh meat shall be submitted for analysis at an approved laboratory and dealt with in accordance with paragraph (2) below.\n(2) Part of the official sample shall be subjected to a primary analysis, the remainder being retained for any reference analysis.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}