{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-artificial-insemination-of-mares-order-2004/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1504",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination of Mares) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-artificial-insemination-of-mares-order-2004",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Certificates of exemption",
  "text": "(1) An application for a certificate of exemption shall be made in writing to the Secretary of State and shall be accompanied by the certificate provided by the course provider under article 4(1)(a).\n(2) The Secretary of State shall grant a certificate of exemption if she is satisfied that the applicant has successfully completed an approved course and is a fit and proper person to carry out artificial insemination of mares.\n(3) Certificates of exemption shall be made subject to such conditions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary and which may be varied at any time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1504/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:24:07.864236+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."
}