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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-battery-hens-regulations-1987/schedule/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2020",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Battery Hens Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-battery-hens-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Every time all the cages housed together are emptied they shall be thoroughly disinfected before the next batch of laying hens is put in. While the cages are occupied, the surfaces and all equipment shall be kept satisfactorily clean.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2020/schedule/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:11.377017+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."
}