{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-regulations-2007/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2078",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Prosecutions",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may prosecute proceedings for an offence under these Regulations.\n(2) The Secretary of State may direct that he, and not the local authority, prosecutes proceedings for an offence under these Regulations in relation to cases of a particular description or any particular case.\n(3) Where the Secretary of State makes a direction under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of Public Prosecutions functions in relation to the prosecution of an offence under these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 8(3) added (24.12.2012) by The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2897), arts. 1(1), 20"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2078/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:48:11.649851+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."
}