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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-pigs-regulations-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-pigs-regulations-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1477",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Pigs Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-pigs-regulations-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations apply on agricultural land. They prohibit the tethering of pigs (regulation 2) and the keeping of any pig in a stall or pen unless the stall or pen meets specified requirements (regulation 3) subject to certain exceptions (regulations 2(3), 3(4) and (5).\nThese Regulations create offences under section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 for which the penalty on summary conviction is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (currently £1000), or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1477/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:15.600245+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."
}