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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-procedure-for-representations-rules-1986/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1911",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) (Procedure for Representations) Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-procedure-for-representations-rules-1986",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "Section 12 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 confers a right to make representations to a legally qualified person appointed by the Secretary of State on a person who has applied for or holds a personal or project licence or a certificate of designation of a scientific procedure, breeding or supplying establishment under that Act where the Secretary of State proposes to refuse such a licence or certificate or to vary or revoke it otherwise than at the request of the holder, or where the holder is dissatisfied with any condition contained in such a licence or certificate. These Rules prescribe the procedure to be followed in the making and consideration of such representations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1911/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:39:04.999490+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."
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