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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-primate-licences-england-regulations-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-animal-welfare-primate-licences-england-regulations-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-39.json",
  "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/39",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Handling and restraint",
  "text": "No primate may be handled or restrained except by a person who is competent to handle and restrain it safely and appropriately, and except insofar as—\n(a) it is necessary when removing the primate temporarily from the licensed premises or the enclosure for the purposes of a veterinary examination or treatment or in an emergency;\n(b) it is necessary when isolating the primate temporarily from other primates on the licensed premises;\n(c) it is necessary for the purposes of an exhibition activity;\n(d) it is necessary when relocating the primate—\n(i) from the licensed premises to other premises of the licence holder or to the premises of its new keeper; or\n(ii) to the licensed premises from other premises of the licence holder or from the premises of its previous keeper; or\n(e) a veterinarian has advised that the primate be removed from the enclosure and the removal is carried out in accordance with the veterinarian’s instructions or under the supervision of the veterinarian.",
  "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/39",
    "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."
}