{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2682",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2001",
  "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 or her a representative of the European Commission acting for the purposes of —\n(a) Council Directive 99/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens.\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 or she takes under powers provided under section 6(3) of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 12(a) substituted (6.8.2002) by The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1898), regs. 1(2), 2(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 34."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No.L340, 11.12.91, p.28."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "OJ No. L.25, 28.1.97, p.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "OJ No. L76, 24.2.97, p.33."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "OJ No.L340, 11.12.91, p.33."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "OJ No.L221, 8.8.98, p.23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2682/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:15:59.986548+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."
}