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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/schedule-2/paragraph-2.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": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "A person has the qualifications necessary under regulation 10 if the following description applies to him.",
  "text": "A certificate for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(b) is a certificate issued by a veterinary surgeon designated for the purposes of the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) Regulations 1976 or the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1976 certifying that\n(a) the holder has demonstrated that he is a competent person to slaughter a bird and to stun a bird, and\n(b) the holder has a sufficient appreciation of the importance of the protection of birds whilst awaiting and during slaughter against unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress and a sufficient knowledge of the action to be taken where unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress is observed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1676/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}