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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/42",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Health Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-2002",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extension of power to slaughter",
  "text": "(1) In the 1981 Act the following section is inserted after section 32—\n“ Slaughter to prevent spread of disease\n32A (1) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 3 for the purpose of—\n(a) authorising or requiring the slaughter of animals to be caused with a view to preventing the spread of disease other than foot-and-mouth disease;\n(b) requiring the payment of compensation in respect of animals slaughtered by virtue of the order.\n(2) An order under this section may include—\n(a) amendments corresponding to those made by section 1 of the Animal Health Act 2002;\n(b) amendments as to slaughter in relation to any disease not referred to in Schedule 3 (apart from the order);\n(c) supplementary or incidental provisions (including amendments of provisions other than Schedule 3).\n(3) No order may be made under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.”\n(2) In section 35(2) of that Act (diseases to which power of seizure and disposal of carcases applies), in paragraph (a)—\n(a) for the words “and swine-fever” substitute “ , swine-fever and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ”;\n(b) after “applies” insert “ and any disease in respect of which an order under section 32A is in force ”.",
  "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/2",
    "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."
}