{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-scotland-order-2007/article-12",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/254",
  "legislation_title": "The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Duties of an approved laboratory",
  "text": "The person in charge of an approved laboratory shall ensure that–\n(a) the examination of samples submitted to it under article 9 begins within 48 hours of receipt of the samples;\n(b) the samples are prepared as follows–\n(i) chick box liners in accordance with Schedule 4;\n(ii) boot swabs samples in accordance with point 3.1.2. of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1003/2005; and\n(iii) any other samples of faeces in accordance with point 3.1.3 of that Annex;\n(c) the samples are tested for salmonella in accordance with the method in point 3.2 of that Annex; and\n(d) the result of any test on any sample is reported in writing as soon as practicable to the occupier who submitted it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/254/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:13:30.306103+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."
}