{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1676",
  "legislation_title": "The Slaughter of Poultry (Licences and Specified Qualifications) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Provisional licences",
  "text": "(1) The local authority may grant the applicant a provisional licence if–\n(a) the applicant is, in the opinion of the local authority, a fit and proper person to hold a provisional licence, and\n(b) the applicant is not below the age of 18 years.\n(2) A provisional licence shall authorise a person to slaughter or stun a bird only in the presence of, and in accordance with any directions given by, a person who is–\n(a) a veterinary surgeon, or\n(b) the holder of a licence granted under regulation 5, or\n(c) the holder of such a certificate as is described in Schedule 1 and one or more of the qualifications listed in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2.\n(3) A provisional licence shall remain in force for such period not exceeding 3 months as may be specified in the licence and may be renewed once for a like period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1676/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:56.574208+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."
}