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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sludge-use-in-agriculture-regulations-1989/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sludge-use-in-agriculture-regulations-1989/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1263",
  "legislation_title": "The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sludge-use-in-agriculture-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The analysis requisite to ascertain the concentration of metals referred to in paragraph 3(c) above shall be carried out following strong acid digestion; the reference method of analysis shall be that of atomic absorption spectrometry, and the limit of detection for each metal shall not exceed the appropriate limit value specified in column (3) of the sludge table or, in the case of chromium, 25 milligrams per kilogram of dry matter.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (S.) (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 21 para. 2 (with sch. 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 1.9.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:40:19.160833+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."
}