{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/248",
  "legislation_title": "Specified Diseases (Notification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order –\n“affected” means affected with the specified disease;\n“carcase” includes part of a carcase, and the meat, bones, skin, offal or any part of an animal or bird or any portion thereof;\n“Divisional Veterinary Officer” means a Divisional Veterinary Officer of the Department;\n“specified disease” means a disease specified in column 2 of the Schedule when it affects such animals or poultry as are specified in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the reference to such disease;\n“suspected” means suspected of being affected; and\n“the 1981 Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.\n(2) In this Order any reference to an animal or bird includes a reference to the carcase of such an animal or bird.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at 9.6.2004, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/248/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:25.418841+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."
}