{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-order-1992/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-order-1992/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Scab Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-order-1992",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Seizure of suspected sheep",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this article shall apply–\n(a) to any sheep kept or otherwise dealt with in contravention of articles 11 or 16 above;\n(b) to any affected sheep which is found in any place which is not in the possession of, occupied or otherwise under the control of, the owner of the sheep; and\n(c) to any sheep which is found with a sheep referred to insub-paragraphs (a) or (b) above.\n(2) The local authority may seize and detain any sheep to which this article applies.\n(3) If, after all reasonable enquiries have been made, the ownership of a sheep which has been seized by the local authority under paragraph (2) above cannot be established and its owner has not claimed it within 7 days of its seizure, the local authority may move the sheep to a slaughterhouse for slaughter within 72 hours of its arrival there; and the local authority may sell the carcase of any sheep so slaughtered and deduct from the proceeds of sale the expenses incurred by it in seizing, detaining and slaughtering the sheep and retain any surplus for payment to any person who can establish his right to it.\n(4) If the owner of a sheep seized by a local authority under paragraph (2) above can establish his right to ownership of it within 7 days of its seizure, he may, after he has paid to the local authority the amount of expenses incurred by the authority in seizing and detaining the sheep move it direct to–\n(a) a slaughterhouse for slaughter within 72 hours of its arrival there; or\n(b) such other premises as may be specified in a notice in Form I issued by the local authority for detention and isolation there in accordance with such require ments as may be specified in the notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/45/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:31:06.933825+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."
}