{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-horse-sickness-england-regulations-2012/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-horse-sickness-england-regulations-2012/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2629",
  "legislation_title": "The African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/african-horse-sickness-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Killing horses on infected premises and contact premises and disposal of carcases",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to horses—\n(a) on suspect premises that are contact premises,\n(b) on infected premises.\n(2) The Secretary of State may arrange for the killing of all horses which are infected with African horse sickness virus or which present clinical signs of African horse sickness.\n(3) If any horse is killed under paragraph (2) the Secretary of State—\n(a) must arrange for the disposal of its carcase, and\n(b) may arrange for the disposal of the carcase of any other horse that has died on those premises.\n(4) The Secretary of State must ensure that any such disposal is carried out in such a way as to avoid the risk of spread of African horse sickness virus.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 21.11.2012, see reg. 1(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2629/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:11.185642+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."
}