{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mutilations-permitted-procedures-wales-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mutilations-permitted-procedures-wales-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2008/3094",
  "legislation_title": "The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mutilations-permitted-procedures-wales-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Schedule 5",
  "text": "(1) The amendments to Schedule 5 (sheep: requirements when carrying out certain permitted procedures) are as follows.\n(2) After paragraph 1 (castration) insert—\n“Embryo collection or transfer by a surgical method\n1A An anaesthetic must be administered.”.\n(3) After paragraph 2 (implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive) insert—\n“Laparoscopic insemination\n2A The procedure may only be carried out as part of a breed improvement programme.\nAn anaesthetic must be administered.\nOvum transplantation, including ovum collection, by a surgical method\n2B An anaesthetic must be administered.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/3094/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:57:15.465451+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."
}