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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-livestock-exports-enforcement-regulations-2024/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-livestock-exports-enforcement-regulations-2024/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348263602",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Enforcement Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-livestock-exports-enforcement-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Production of records",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of investigating whether an offence under section 1 of the Act or under these Regulations is being, has been, or is about to be committed, an inspector may—\n(a) require any person to produce any record that is in that person’s possession or control and which appears to the inspector to be relevant to the investigation;\n(b) make copies of such records or require copies of such records to be made; or\n(c) take possession of such records which the inspector reasonably believes to be evidence of the commission of an offence under section 1 of the Act or these Regulations.\n(2) An inspector must as soon as reasonably practicable provide to the person appearing to be responsible for any records that the inspector takes possession of under paragraph (1)(c) a written receipt identifying those records.\n(3) Where an inspector takes possession of records under paragraph (1)(c) and––\n(a) it is subsequently decided that—\n(i) no court proceedings are to be brought; or\n(ii) the records are no longer needed as evidence in court proceedings; or\n(b) the court proceedings are completed and no order in relation to the records has been made by the court,\nan inspector must return the records as soon as reasonably practicable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348263602/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:40:46.022085+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."
}