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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-5/part-I/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2237",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/I/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Every person engaged in the handling of meat shall obtain a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner certifying that there is no objection on public health grounds to his engagement in the handling of meat, and every such medical certificate shall be produded on request to an offical veterinary surgeon or to a veterinary officer.\n(2) Every medical certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall be renewed annually unless an official veterinary surgeon requires its renewal at any other time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2237/schedule/5/part/I/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:06.171251+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."
}