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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-regulations-1996/regulation-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3124",
  "legislation_title": "The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Free zones and free warehouses",
  "text": "A person transporting products of animal origin between customs temporary storage arrangements and a free zone or free warehouse, or from one free zone or free warehouse to another, shall only do so—\n(a) under customs control;\n(b) by means of transport sealed by the official veterinary surgeon or a person under his supervision (or, in the case of fishery products or live bivalve molluscs or other shellfish, an authorised officer of the local authority); and\n(c) if the products are accompanied by a document signed by the official veterinary surgeon (or, in the case of fishery products or live bivalve molluscs or other shellfish, an authorised officer of the local authority) specifying which checks have been carried out.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/994",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/994",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3124/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:48.785368+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."
}