{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-fresh-meat-examination-for-residues-regulations-1988/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Early slaughter",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding the prohibition on slaughter of an animal by notice given in accordance with regulation 8(4), that animal may be slaughtered before the withdrawal of such notice if the owner of that animal complies with the following paragraphs of this regulation.\n(2) Notice of the proposed date and place of slaughter shall be given to the competent authority before that date.\n(3) The animal, marked by the competent authority under regulation 7(2)(a), shall be accompanied to the place of slaughter by an official veterinary certificate identifying the animal and the farm of origin.\n(4) After slaughter, the fresh meat of the animal shall be retained in such place and manner as the competent authority may specify, while it is subjected to such examination as the competent authority may reasonably consider necessary.\n(5) Where the examination (the result of which shall be given by the competent authority to the owner by notice in writing) confirm that the fresh meat contains a quantity of an authorised substance exceeding the maximum level prescribed for that authorised substance, the fresh meat shall be disposed of for a purpose other than human consumption.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}