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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986-amendment-regulations-1998/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1974",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 4 (personal licences), after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—\n“(4A) The Secretary of State shall not grant a personal licence to a person unless he is satisfied that the person—\n(a) has appropriate education and training (including instruction in a relevant scientific discipline) for the purpose of applying the regulated procedures to be specified in the licence; and\n(b) is competent to apply those procedures in accordance with the conditions which are to be included in the licence and to handle and take care of laboratory animals.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/3039",
      "affecting_title": "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1974/schedule/paragraph/2",
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  "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."
}