{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/274",
  "legislation_title": "Equine Viral Arteritis Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Publication of results of veterinary inquiry",
  "text": "(1) Where an inquiry is carried out by a veterinary inspector under Article 5 and on completion of that inquiry the Department is of the opinion that the disease or virus exists or has within 56 days existed in a stallion—\n(a) the Department may publish, in such manner as it thinks fit, that fact and the name and location of the stallion; and\n(b) thereafter if the Department is satisfied that the disease or the virus no longer exists in the stallion, in respect of which publication has been made under sub-paragraph (a), the Department shall publish, in the same manner, that fact and the name and location of the stallion.\n(2) Where, in exercise of the power under Article 5(2), an inquiry under Article 5(1) is postponed in pursuance of paragraph (2) of that Article—\n(a) the Department may publish, in such manner as it thinks fit, the fact that existence of the disease or the virus in the stallion is suspected and the name and location of that stallion; and\n(b) thereafter if the Department is satisfied that the disease or the virus does not exist or no longer exists in the stallion, in respect of which publication has been made under sub-paragraph (a), it shall publish, in the same manner, that fact and the name and location of that stallion.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/274/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:35:15.394478+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."
}