{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-order-northern-ireland-2012/article-12",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Aujeszky's Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Imposing measures on suspicion of disease relating to pigs living in the wild",
  "text": "A veterinary inspector and, when acting under the direction of a veterinary inspector, an inspector or any officer of the Department may—\n(a) undertake surveillance for pigs living in the wild;\n(b) capture pigs living in the wild;\n(c) take samples from pigs living in the wild;\n(d) kill such a pig if the veterinary inspector is satisfied that—\n(i) it is not possible to take samples from a pig without killing it; or\n(ii) it is spreading or may spread disease or Aujeszky's Disease virus to another pig.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/65/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:29.921945+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."
}