{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-removal-to-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-removal-to-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/949",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Removal to Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-removal-to-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 8",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 8 shall be re-numbered as regulation 8.—(1) and immediately before the words “A qualified person” there shall be inserted the words “In Great Britain”.\n(2) In regulation 8 after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:\n“(2) In Northern Ireland a qualified person may at any time for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of these Regulations have been or are being complied with —\n(a) enter and examine the contents of any vehicle, vessel or aircraft, or open and examine the contents of any container;\n(b) direct the person in charge of any vehicle to drive it to a place, specified by the qualified person, where it may be unloaded for the purpose of an examination of its contents.\n(3) In Northern Ireland a qualified person who reasonably suspects that there has been an offence under these Regulations may, in addition, for the purpose of investigating such an offence —\n(a) enter upon any land on which animals, products or carcases are being held for the time being and inspect any animal, carcase or product found thereon;\n(b) take possession of, or take a copy of, or extract from, any book, account or record appearing to him to be material which is produced pursuant to regulation 6, or which is in the possession or control of a person who he reasonably suspects is guilty of such an offence.\n(4) The owner or person in charge of any land on which animals, carcases or products are held for the time being or of any vehicle, vessel or aircraft, or the contents thereof, shall comply with all reasonable requirements of the qualified person in connection with an inspection or examination under this regulation.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/949/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:25:46.293479+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."
}