{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/42",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Health Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Foot-and-mouth disease",
  "text": "(1) In the Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22) (in this Act referred to as the 1981 Act) paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 (power to cause slaughter of animals because of foot-and-mouth disease) is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) omit “and” at the end of paragraph (a), and after paragraph (b) insert—\n“(c) any animals the Secretary of State thinks should be slaughtered with a view to preventing the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.”\n(3) After sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) The Secretary of State may exercise the power under sub-paragraph (1)(c) whether or not animals—\n(a) are affected with foot-and-mouth disease or suspected of being so affected;\n(b) are or have been in contact with animals so affected;\n(c) have been exposed to the infection of foot-and-mouth disease;\n(d) have been treated with vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/42/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:46.605072+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."
}