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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-scotland-order-2003/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/353",
  "legislation_title": "The Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (Scotland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-scotland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Declaration of infected area",
  "text": "(1) If the Scottish Ministers suspect that disease exists in any area they may make an Order declaring that area to be an infected area to which the provisions of article 6 apply.\n(2) An Order under paragraph (1) shall specify–\n(a) the disease in respect of which the infected area is being declared; and\n(b) the species of animal to which the provisions of article 6 are to apply.\n(3) Any premises which are partly inside and partly outside the infected area shall be deemed to be wholly inside that area.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/353/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:35:40.032127+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."
}