{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animal-pathogens-order-northern-ireland-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animal-pathogens-order-northern-ireland-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/433",
  "legislation_title": "Importation of Animal Pathogens Order (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animal-pathogens-order-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order prohibits, subject to exceptions, the importation of animal pathogens or carriers of such pathogens without a licence issued by the Department of Agriculture (“the Department”) and in accordance with any conditions of that licence. A person who has in his possession an animal pathogen or carrier which he knows to have been imported in contravention of the provisions of the Order is required to report the fact to the Department with all practicable speed (Article 4).\nThere are exceptions for veterinary and human medicines (Article 5). The requirement for an import licence also does not apply to imports from another Member State or Great Britain (Article 6).\nThe Order contains powers for the seizure of any animal pathogen or carrier imported in contravention of the Order or in breach of any licence conditions and powers for the detention, treatment or destruction of such pathogens or carriers. The Order also contains provisions for requiring the cleansing and disinfection of places and vehicles where an animal pathogen is or has been present in contravention of the provisions of the Order (Article 7).\nThe Order also provides for the production of licences (Article 8) and revokes the Rabies Virus Order (Northern Ireland) 1979 (Article 9).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/433/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:40.097038+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."
}