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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-wales-order-2006/article-23",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2006/179",
  "legislation_title": "The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-wales-order-2006",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Sampling and clinical examination of susceptible animals before slaughter",
  "text": "Where the National Assembly serves notice of its intention to cause slaughter of animals under paragraph 2A or 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act, it must ensure that any sampling and clinical examination it considers necessary to carry out the veterinary inquiry in article 12 is undertaken before, or immediately following, slaughter.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/179/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:37.897672+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."
}