{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-bovine-material-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-bovine-material-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/133",
  "legislation_title": "Specified Bovine Material Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-bovine-material-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Power to give directions",
  "text": "(1) Where the Department is satisfied that specified bovine material cannot be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this Order, whether for reasons of mechanical breakdown or otherwise, it may give written directions to the owner or person in control of the specified bovine material for its disposal in a safe manner.\n(2) A person shall comply with any directions given to him under paragraph (1).\n(3) In the event of any person not complying with such directions, the Department may, without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence arising out of such default, carry out or make arrangements for the disposal of the specified bovine material.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 17 in operation at 29.3.1996, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/133/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:36:45.768656+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."
}