{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-blood-sampling-amendment-order-1988/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-blood-sampling-amendment-order-1988/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1090",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgery (Blood Sampling) (Amendment) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-blood-sampling-amendment-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which amends the Veterinary Surgery (Blood Sampling) Order 1983, permits the taking of blood from farm animals and the taking of faeces from the rectum of a farm animal by a person who is not qualified as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner and which would otherwise be prohibited by section 19(1) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (article 2).\nThe blood must be taken for examination for the presence of residues for the purpose of the control by the appropriate Minister of the level of residues in farm animals and must be taken under the general direction of a qualified person if the sampler has been certified as proficient to take blood or under the direct personal supervision of a qualified person if he is undergoing instruction.\nThe faeces must be taken for examination for a similar purpose by a person who is acting under the general direction of a qualified person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1090/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:04:46.388056+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."
}