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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-scotland-amendment-order-2021/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-scotland-amendment-order-2021/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2021/91",
  "legislation_title": "The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bee-diseases-and-pests-control-scotland-amendment-order-2021",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "text": "After article 2 of the Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Order 2007 insert—\n“Reporting of Varroa mite (Varroosis)\n2A. (1) Any owner or person in charge of a hive who knows or suspects that any species of the Varroa mite is present in the hive must report, as soon as practicable, that fact to the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) A person reporting under paragraph (1) may submit to the Scottish Ministers samples of—\n(a) any bee pest to establish if it is any species of the Varroa mite; or\n(b) any other thing, including soil, to establish if it is infected with any species of the Varroa mite.\n(3) Any sample submitted under paragraph (2) must be packed in a way which prevents, as far as possible, the risk of the spread of infection during transit.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/506."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/91/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:57:09.587115+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."
}