{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-establishments-laying-hens-wales-regulations-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/1432",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) (Wales) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-establishments-laying-hens-wales-regulations-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations implement for Wales Commission Directive 2002/4/EC on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/EC.\nThe Regulations apply to establishments keeping 350 or more laying hens, other than those rearing breeding laying hens (regulation 3). The National Assembly for Wales is required to create and maintain a register of such establishments recording the details listed in the Schedule and to allocate a distinguishing number to each establishment (regulation 4).\nThe information in the register will be made available to the Food Standards Agency and the Health Protection Agency where this is necessary to trace eggs put on the market for human consumption (regulation 5).\nEstablishments may not continue in operation after 30th June 2004 if the information in the Schedule has not been supplied and new establishments may not be brought into operation after that date until a distinguishing number has been communicated (regulation 6).\nRegulations 7—11 create offences and provide for enforcement.\nA Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared. Copies may be obtained from the Animal Health Division of the Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1432/note",
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  "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."
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