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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/442",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Powers of entry",
  "text": "An authorised person exercising powers of entry under the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 for the purposes of these Regulations may take with him a representative of the European Commission acting for the purposes of–\n(a) Council Directive 88/166/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens kept in battery cages;\n(b) Council Directive 91/629/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves as amended by Council Directive 97/2/EC and Commission Decision 97/182/EC;\n(c) Council Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs; or\n(d) Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes,\nas well as any person he takes under powers provided under section 6(3) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 74, 19.3.88, p.83."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 340, 11.12.91, p.28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 25, 28.1.97, p.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 76, 18.3.97, p.30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 340, 11.12.91, p.33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 221, 8.8.98, p.23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/334",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/442/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:48:42.912575+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."
}