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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/388",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Identification of poor welfare conditions and follow-up",
  "text": "(1) An official veterinarian conducting controls under Regulation (EU) 2017/625 in relation to chickens must evaluate the results of the post-mortem inspection to identify possible indications of poor animal welfare conditions in the holding or house of origin.\n(2) If the mortality rate of the chickens or the results of the post-mortem inspection are consistent with poor animal welfare conditions, the official veterinarian must communicate the data to the keeper of those chickens and to the Scottish Ministers without delay.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 15(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/412), regs. 1(1), 22(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 5.11.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/388/schedule/2/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:14.406577+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."
}