{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bluetongue-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Initial requirements where bluetongue is known or suspected",
  "text": "(1) The owner or keeper of any animal or carcase, or any person who examines or inspects any animal or carcase, who knows or suspects that the animal or carcase is infected with bluetongue, must—\n(a) immediately notify the Divisional Veterinary Officer; and\n(b) refrain from moving any animal or carcase on or off the premises where the animal or carcase known to be or suspected of being diseased is located, except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department.\n(2) Any person who analyses a sample taken from any animal or carcase and who finds evidence of antibodies to, or antigens or nucleic acids of, the bluetongue virus or any evidence of vaccination for bluetongue must immediately notify the Divisional Veterinary Officer.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 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/4",
    "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."
}