{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-special-premium-protection-of-payments-order-1989/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-special-premium-protection-of-payments-order-1989/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/574",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef Special Premium (Protection of Payments) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-special-premium-protection-of-payments-order-1989",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Removal of ears of carcases",
  "text": "An authorised officer at an approved deadweight centre may–\n(a) remove or cause to be removed the ears of any carcase marked by him or under his supervision; or\n(b) take possession of the ears of any carcase in respect of which or of the animal from which it was derived he reasonably suspects there to have been an offence under section 7 of the Agriculture Act 1957.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/574/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:46:10.412174+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."
}