{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-order-2007/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-order-2007/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3154",
  "legislation_title": "The Bluetongue Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-order-2007",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Slaughter of animals",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may designate slaughterhouses for the purposes of slaughtering animals transported out of a restricted zone.\n(2) If an animal is transported from a restricted zone to a slaughterhouse outside the restricted zone in accordance with a licence, the occupier of the slaughterhouse must slaughter the animal within 24 hours of arrival.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3154/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:41:39.854608+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."
}