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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995/schedule-8/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/539",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An animal to which the provisions of regulation 21 or, in Scotland, 11 of the Humane Conditions Regulations applies shall not be subjected to an ante-mortem health inspection in accordance with paragraph I above if it is not reasonably practicable for such an inspection to be carried out before it is necessary for the animal to be slaughtered in compliance with those regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/731",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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