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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111010228",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appointment of competent authority",
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for the purposes of—\n(a) Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes;\n(b) Council Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens;\n(c) Council Directive 2007/43/EC laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production;\n(d) Council Directive 2008/119/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves; and\n(e) Council Directive 2008/120/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 221, 8.8.1998, p.23, amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003 (O.J. No. L 122, 16.5.2003, p.1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111010228/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:40.372700+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."
}