{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Eradication areas and attested areas",
  "text": "The Department may by order—\n(a) where the Department is satisfied that a substantial majority of the animals or poultry in any area are free from any disease declare that area to be an eradication area for purposes connected with the control of that disease;\n(b) where the Department is satisfied that any disease of animals or poultry is for practical purposes non-existent in any area, declare that area to be an attested area for purposes connected with the control of that disease;\n(c) prohibit or regulate the movement of animals or poultry into, out of, or within any area which is an eradication area or an attested area and provide for exemptions from any such prohibition by means of the grant of licences subject to such conditions as may be specified in the licences.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1984 NI 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1115/article/4",
    "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."
}