{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-primate-licences-england-regulations-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-22",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348255423",
  "legislation_title": "The Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-primate-licences-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/22",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Physical health",
  "text": "The licence holder must ensure that—\n(a) the primates are monitored daily for signs of pain, suffering, injury, disease or abnormal behaviour and that any vulnerable animals are checked more frequently;\n(b) the primates are weighed monthly;\n(c) all reasonable precautions are taken to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases, pathogens and parasites amongst the primates and people;\n(d) where any sign of pain, suffering, injury, disease or abnormal behaviour is noted in relation to a primate, steps are taken promptly to identify the cause or possible cause and provide the primate with appropriate treatment and care;\n(e) a record is kept for each primate containing details of—\n(i) any signs of pain, suffering, injury, disease or abnormal behaviour identified pursuant to sub-paragraph (a);\n(ii) its monthly weight and the date on which the weight was taken;\n(iii) the dates of veterinary examinations and treatments and the purpose of those examinations and treatments;\n(iv) where a primate must be quarantined or isolated to protect its own health or welfare, the reasons for the quarantine or isolation and the length of the quarantine or isolation; and\n(f) written procedures are in place for the purpose of implementing the requirements in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348255423/schedule/1/paragraph/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:59.682657+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."
}