{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-1991/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-1991/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Notice",
  "text": "(1) A notice under this Order shall be given to—\n(a) the Divisional Veterinary Officer, or\n(b) an inspector, or\n(c) a constable of the police force for the police area in which the animal or carcase is situated.\n(2) An inspector (other than a veterinary inspector) or a constable who receives notice under this Order shall immediately inform a veterinary inspector of the facts notified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/2922",
      "affecting_title": "The Animal Health Orders (Divisional Veterinary Manager Amendment) Order 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1155/article/5",
    "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."
}