{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swine-vesicular-disease-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swine-vesicular-disease-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-38.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/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Pigs living in the wild",
  "text": "A veterinary inspector and, when acting under the direction of a veterinary inspector, an inspector or any officer of the Department or any other person with the necessary expertise may—\n(a) undertake surveillance for such pigs;\n(b) capture such a pig;\n(c) take samples from such a pig;\n(d) kill such a pig if the veterinary inspector is satisfied that—\n(i) it is not possible to take samples from such a pig without killing it; or\n(ii) it is spreading or may spread swine vesicular disease to other pigs.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 38 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/38",
    "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."
}