{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-order-northern-ireland-2007/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-order-northern-ireland-2007/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/246",
  "legislation_title": "The Bee Diseases and Pests Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notification of suspicion of a disease or pest",
  "text": "(1) An owner or person in charge of a hive who knows or suspects that—\n(a) any bees from the hive are infected with a notifiable disease;\n(b) a notifiable pest is present in the hive; or\n(c) a notifiable pest is present on or in the same premises or vehicle as the hive,\nshall as soon as is reasonably possible notify that fact to the Department.\n(2) Any other person who—\n(a) has in his possession or charge; or\n(b) discovers in the course of his occupation,\na bee pest that he knows or suspects is a notifiable pest shall immediately notify that fact to the Department.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in operation at 21.5.2007, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/246/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:40:51.302355+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."
}