{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-scotland-order-2010/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-scotland-order-2010/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Scab (Scotland) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-scab-scotland-order-2010",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Notification of sheep scab or suspected sheep scab",
  "text": "(1) A person who has possession of, or is in charge of, any sheep or carcase which the person knows or suspects has sheep scab must as soon as possible notify an authorised veterinary inspector of that knowledge or suspicion.\n(2) A veterinary surgeon who examines any sheep or carcase which he or she knows or suspects has sheep scab must as soon as possible notify an authorised veterinary inspector of that knowledge or suspicion.\n(3) When notice is given under paragraph (1) by a person other than the owner or (if different) the keeper of the affected sheep or affected carcase, the authorised veterinary inspector must, in so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so and as soon as possible inform the owner or (if different) the keeper of the affected sheep or affected carcase that notification has been made.\n(4) When notice is given under paragraph (2) the veterinary surgeon must as soon as possible inform the owner or (if different) the keeper of the affected sheep or affected carcase that notification has been made.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(1)(2) substituted (28.6.2013) by The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/173), arts. 1(1), 26(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(3) substituted (28.6.2013) by The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/173), arts. 1(1), 26(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(3) substituted (14.3.2011) by The Sheep Scab (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/77), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 17.12.2010, see art. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/419/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:52:50.777807+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."
}