{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/275",
  "legislation_title": "The Bluetongue Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Slaughter of animals",
  "text": "(1) The Department 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 under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department the occupier of the slaughterhouse must slaughter the animal within a specified time period and in any case not later than 24 hours of arrival.\n(3) The operator of a slaughterhouse in a surveillance zone may only slaughter an animal from a protection zone if licensed to do so by the Department.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 13 in operation at 21.7.2008, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/275/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:49.093436+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."
}