{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-1991/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-1991/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1155",
  "legislation_title": "The Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-1991",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Notice of specified disease",
  "text": "(1) A person who has in his possession or under his charge a diseased or suspected animal or carcase shall give notice of that fact as soon as practicable in accordance with article 5(1) below.\n(2) A veterinary surgeon or other person who, in the course of his duties, examines or inspects a diseased or suspected animal or carcase shall give notice of that fact as soon as practicable in accordance with article 5(1) below.\n(3) A person who, following analysis by him of a sample taken from an animal or carcase, reasonably suspects that the animal or carcase is diseased shall give notice of that fact as soon as practicable in accordance with article 5(1) below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1155/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:44:28.547508+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."
}