{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-order-1992/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-order-1992/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Scab Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-order-1992",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Declaration of infected place",
  "text": "(1) If an inspector has reasonable grounds for suspecting that sheep scab exists, or has within 56 days existed, on any premises he may serve a notice in Form A on the occupier or the person in charge of the premises declaring them to be an infected place.\n(2) A notice in Form A shall continue in force until it is withdrawn by a notice in Form B served by an inspector of the Ministry on the person on whom the notice in Form A was served.\n(3) A veterinary inspector may at any time alter the limits of an infected place by the service of a further notice in writing on the occupier or person in charge of it.\n(4) A veterinary inspector may at any time by the service of a notice in writing on the occupier or person in charge of an infected place direct that until the notice in Form A is withdrawn any affected sheep shall be isolated from all other sheep in the infected place.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}