{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/1115",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Additional officers and expenses for purposes of slaughter",
  "text": "For the purposes of the execution of the provisions of this Order relating to the slaughter by the Department of animals or poultry on account of disease, the Department may—\n(a) with the consent of the Department of the Civil Service, employ at such remuneration such additional inspectors, valuers and other persons, and\n(b) with the consent of the Department of Finance, incur such expenses, as the Department thinks necessary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1115/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:51:34.555607+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."
}