{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disease-control-interim-measures-england-order-2002/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disease-control-interim-measures-england-order-2002/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/242",
  "legislation_title": "The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disease-control-interim-measures-england-order-2002",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Shearing or dipping of sheep",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, no person shall—\n(a) shear or dip sheep or cause sheep to be sheared or dipped; or\n(b) handle fleeces or sheep during shearing or dipping,\nexcept in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Minister.\n(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the occupier of any premises or his employee (other than a person employed by him primarily for the purpose of shearing or dipping sheep) in respect of the shearing or dipping of sheep kept on those premises.\n(3) A licence issued under article 37C(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 in force immediately before the coming into force of this Order shall continue to have effect as if it were a licence issued under paragraph (1) above.\n(4) For the purposes of this article—\n(a) “shearing” includes clipping and dagging; and\n(b) “dipping” includes showering and jetting sheep with a sheep dip.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1764",
      "affecting_title": "The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (England) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1348",
      "affecting_title": "The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (England) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/242/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:15:42.680763+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."
}