{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-scotland-order-2007/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-scotland-order-2007/article-8.json",
  "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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Sampling of breeding flocks",
  "text": "(1) The occupier shall take samples from each breeding flock on the holding at the following times–\n(a) when the birds in the breeding flock are chicks;\n(b) when the birds in the breeding flock are four weeks old;\n(c) two weeks before the date the breeding flock is expected to come into lay or move to the laying phase or laying unit; and\n(d) every second week during the laying period.\n(2) Sampling under paragraph (1)(a) to (c) shall be done in accordance with Schedule 2 and sampling under paragraph (1)(d) shall be done in accordance with point 2.2.2.1 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1003/2005 (routine sampling at the initiative of the operator).",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}