{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infectious-diseases-of-horses-order-1987/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infectious-diseases-of-horses-order-1987/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/790",
  "legislation_title": "The Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infectious-diseases-of-horses-order-1987",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Veterinary enquiry as to the existence of disease",
  "text": "(1) If a veterinary inspector has reasonable grounds for supposing that disease exists or has within 56 days existed on any premises he shall, with all practicable speed, take such steps as may be necessary to establish the correctness of that supposition.\n(2) For the purposes of such an enquiry a veterinary inspector may—\n(a) examine any horse or carcase on the premises;\n(b) make such tests and take such samples from any horse or carcase on the premises as he may consider necessary for the purpose of diagnosis; and\n(c) mark for identification purposes any horse or carcase on the premises.\n(3) The occupier of the premises and his employees, and any person who is or has been in possession or charge of any horse or carcase which is or has been on the premises, shall—\n(a) provide such reasonable facilities and comply with such reasonable requirements as are necessary for the purposes of the enquiry; and\n(b) if so required by an inspector or by an officer of the appropriate Minister, give such information as he possesses as to—\n(i) any horse or carcase which is or has been on the premises, and\n(ii) any other horse or carcase with which any horse or carcase which is or has been on the premises may have come into contact.\n(4) If, on completion of the enquiry, the veterinary inspector is of the opinion that disease exists, or has within 56 days existed, on the premises his opinion to that effect shall be subject to confirmation by or on behalf of the Chief Veterinary Officer.\n(5) If, on completion of the enquiry, the veterinary inspector is of the opinion that disease does not exist, and has not within 56 days existed, on the premises, or if his opinion as to the existence of disease on the premises is not confirmed by or on behalf of the Chief Veterinary Officer in accordance with paragraph (4) above, then any notice in Form A declaring the premises to be an infected place shall immediately be withdrawn by a notice in Form B served by an inspector of the Ministry on the occupier or the person in charge of the premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/790/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:27:22.534732+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."
}