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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-scotland-regulations-1987/schedule-8/part-IV/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/800",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 1987",
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  "path": "schedule/8/part/IV/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where evidence of tuberculosis is found, an official veterinary surgeon or inspector shall –\n(a) split the carcase, examine the vertebrae, ribs, sternum, spinal cord and brain, expose and incise the kidneys;\n(b) examine in detail such of the following lymph nodes as he has not already so examined: superficial inguinal, cervical, prepectoral, prescapular, subdorsal, sublumbar, iliac, precrural and, if he considers it necessary, the popliteal.",
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  "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."
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