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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-humane-conditions-regulations-1990/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-humane-conditions-regulations-1990/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1242",
  "legislation_title": "The Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-humane-conditions-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Additional provisions for knacker’s yards",
  "text": "The occupier of a knacker’s yard shall ensure that any animal delivered to the knacker’s yard, or to any lairage used in connection with that yard, is—\n(a) kept on those premises until it has been slaughtered; and\n(b) slaughtered as soon as practicable after it has been delivered there and in any event within 48 hours from the time of such delivery.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1242/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:19:09.533875+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."
}