{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-and-meat-products-hormonal-substances-regulations-1989/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-and-meat-products-hormonal-substances-regulations-1989/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2133",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat and Meat Products (Hormonal Substances) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-and-meat-products-hormonal-substances-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Notification to competent authority",
  "text": "(1) If an authorised officer–\n(a) is of the opinion as a result of information revealed by an analysis of any meat or meat product, or\n(b) otherwise, has reasonable grounds for suspecting,\nthat any animal at a slaughterhouse, farm or any other place may contain a residue of a hormonal substance other than an authorised substance or a quantity of an authorised substance exceeding the maximum prescribed for that substance, the authorised officer shall act in accordance with paragraph (2) below.\n(2) The authorised officer shall immediately–\n(a) inform the competent authority of his opinion and the result of the analysis of meat or meat product, or\n(b) inform the competent authority of his suspicion and the grounds for such suspicion,\nand in either case, supply to the competent authority such particulars as the authorised officer is able to supply so as to enable the competent authority to identify the animal and the place where it is.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2133/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:34:38.457387+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."
}