{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-control-order-northern-ireland-1999/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-control-order-northern-ireland-1999/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/263",
  "legislation_title": "Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-control-order-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Further precautions against the spread of infection",
  "text": "(1) A veterinary inspector may by notice served on the keeper of an affected animal or herd require him to take such steps as may be reasonably practicable to prevent any animal kept on the same holding from infecting any animal or non-bovine animal kept on any adjoining premises.\n(2) Where a veterinary inspector knows or suspects that there is a serious risk of the spread of infection, he may by notice served on the keeper of an affected animal or herd prohibit the movement of animals—\n(a) into the herd; or\n(b) onto the holding on which the animal is kept,\nunless such animals are so moved under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Department.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in operation at 26.7.1999, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/263",
      "affecting_title": "Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/263/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:19:13.914835+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."
}