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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-regulations-2011/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1197",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Case 3: Research and diagnostic samples",
  "text": "(1) Research and diagnostic samples as defined in point (38) of Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 are exempt from veterinary checks at the border control post, provided that they have been authorised in advance by the Secretary of State and the consignment is sent directly from the point of entry to the authorised user.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4(1)(2) substituted for Sch. 3 para. 4(1)-(4) (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 26(37)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 32(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 32(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 4 heading substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 26(37)(b)(i)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1197/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:56.598693+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."
}