{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swine-vesicular-disease-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swine-vesicular-disease-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/223",
  "legislation_title": "The Swine Vesicular Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swine-vesicular-disease-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Suspicion relating to pigs living in the wild",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a veterinary inspector suspects that a pig living in the wild is infected with swine vesicular disease virus.\n(2) A veterinary inspector shall take all reasonable steps to establish whether or not the suspicion is correct.\n(3) Where a veterinary inspector concludes that swine vesicular disease virus is likely to be present in a pig living in the wild, the Department shall take appropriate action to minimise the risk of that virus spreading to domestic pigs.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in operation at 30.6.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/223/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:31:28.925319+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."
}