{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-blood-sampling-order-1983/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-blood-sampling-order-1983/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/6",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgery (Blood Sampling) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-blood-sampling-order-1983",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order permits the taking of blood from farm animals and poultry by persons not qualified as Veterinary surgeons or practitioners, which would otherwise be prohibited by section 19(1) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.\nThe blood must be taken for use in diagnosis for the control or eradication of infectious disease by the Ministers.\nIn the case of farm animals the blood must be taken under the general direction of a qualified person if the sampler has been certified as proficient to take blood, or under direct personal supervision if he is undergoing instruction.\nIn the case of poultry the blood must be taken under the general direction of a qualified person who is satisfied that the sampler is competent to take the blood.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/6/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:08:44.877160+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."
}