{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006/article-22",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Notice of intention to slaughter animals",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), before causing the slaughter of animals under paragraph 2A or 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act, the Secretary of State shall serve notice of her intention to cause such slaughter—\n(a) on the occupier of the premises where the animals are kept; or\n(b) where the animals are in transit, on the person in charge of them.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the Secretary of State intends to cause the slaughter of a stray or feral animal detained by an inspector under article 18(2) or under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 5 or paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 7.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/182/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:00.107461+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."
}