{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111010211",
  "legislation_title": "The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exempted Procedures",
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers hereby specify the procedures described in column 1 of each of Schedules 1 to 12 where the procedure is carried out in relation to the particular type of protected animal described in any of those Schedules and is carried out—\n(a) for a purpose which is specified, in relation to any such procedure, in column 2 of the corresponding entry in the relevant Schedule;\n(b) in hygienic conditions;\n(c) in such a way as to minimise the pain and suffering it causes to the animal;\n(d) in accordance with good practice; and\n(e) where applicable, in accordance with such conditions as are specified, in relation to any such procedure, in column 1 of the entry in the relevant Schedule,\nas procedures in relation to which section 20 (mutilation) of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 does not apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The term “protected animal” is defined in section 17 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111010211/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:40.903856+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."
}