{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006/article-59A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006/article-59A.json",
  "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/59A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "59A",
  "heading": "Biosecurity standards for laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus",
  "text": "(1) All laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must be authorised by a licence under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008 and operate in accordance with the conditions of that licence.\n(2) Laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must be—\n(a) designated by the Secretary of State as the national reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease; or\n(b) specifically authorised by the Secretary of State for the handling of live foot-and-mouth disease virus.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 59A inserted (21.12.2021) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1472), arts. 1(1), 2(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/182/article/59A",
    "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."
}