{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014/schedule-3A/paragraph-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1894",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Movement of pigs to an approved animal by-products plant",
  "text": "(1) A licensing officer may, following a risk assessment, license the movement of pigs kept on premises in a controlled zone from those premises to an approved animal by-products plant (within or outside a controlled zone) if the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (2) are met.\n(2) The requirements are that—\n(a) the pigs are slaughtered by the end of the working day on which they arrived;\n(b) a veterinary inspector has visited the premises of origin in accordance with regulation 27E(1)(b); and\n(c) a veterinary inspector has, not more than 48 hours before the movement—\n(i) inspected all pigs on the premises of origin;\n(ii) clinically examined each pig being moved in accordance with the relevant Diagnostic Manual; and\n(iii) where necessary, taken and tested, in accordance with the relevant Diagnostic Manual, a sufficient number of samples from those pigs to be moved to rule out the presence of disease.\n(3) Where pigs are being moved from premises in a Restricted Zone, the Secretary of State may decide that a clinical examination under sub-paragraph (2)(c)(ii) is not required.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), art. 1(1), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1894/schedule/3A/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:09:21.620651+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."
}