{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-exemptions-amendment-order-1982/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-exemptions-amendment-order-1982/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1627",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgery (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgery-exemptions-amendment-order-1982",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order amends the Veterinary Surgery (Exemptions) Order 1962 by providing that:—\n(i) the removal of the snood of a turkey which has reached the age of 21 days and\n(ii) the removal of the comb of a fowl which has reached the age of 72 hours\ncan no longer be carried out by a layman. The operations must now be carried out by a veterinary surgeon.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1627/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:11:52.216899+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."
}