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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/3070",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-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 Welsh Ministers may direct that they, 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 24.10.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/3070/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:59:59.742388+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."
}