{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-pigs-regulations-1991/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-pigs-regulations-1991/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1477",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Pigs Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-pigs-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prohibitions relating to tethers",
  "text": "(1) If any pig which is for the time being on agricultural land is tethered, any person responsible for tethering it shall be guilty of an offence under section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person is responsible for tethering a pig if the pig is under his control and he—\n(a) tethers it or causes or permits it to be tethered; or\n(b) may reasonably be expected to know that it is or may be tethered.\n(3) A person shall not be guilty of an offence by virtue of paragraph (1) by reason of the tethering of a pig while it is undergoing any examination, test, treatment or operation carried out for veterinary purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1477/regulation/2",
    "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."
}