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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/442",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Automatic or mechanical equipment",
  "text": "Where the health and well-being of animals is dependent on an artificial ventilation system–\n(a) provision must be made for an appropriate back-up system to guarantee sufficient air renewal to preserve the health and well-being of the animals in the event of failure of the system; and\n(b) an alarm system must be provided to give warning of any failure of the system (which alarm will operate even if the principal electricity supply to it has failed).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/334",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/442/schedule/1/paragraph/20",
    "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."
}