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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/654",
  "legislation_title": "The Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Facilities",
  "text": "(1) Purpose: To determine whether the laboratory is of suitable size, construction, design and location to meet the demands of the studies being undertaken.\n(2) The inspector should check that—\nthe design enables an adequate degree of separation so that, e.g. test substances, animals, diets, pathological specimens etc., of one study cannot be confused with those of another,\nenvironmental control and monitoring procedures exist and function adequately in critical areas, e.g. animal and other biological test systems rooms, test substance storage areas and laboratory areas,\nthe general housekeeping is adequate for the various facilities and that there are, if necessary, pest control procedures.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/654/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "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."
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