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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/654",
  "legislation_title": "The Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Facilities for handling test and reference substances",
  "text": "(1) To prevent contamination or mix-ups, there should be separate areas for receipt and storage of the test and reference substances, and for the mixing of the test substances with a vehicle.\n(2) Storage areas for the test substances should be separate from areas housing the test systems and should be adequate to preserve identity, concentration, purity, and stability, and ensure safe storage for hazardous substances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/654/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:49.085052+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."
}