{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-england-order-2005/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-england-order-2005/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3446",
  "legislation_title": "The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-england-order-2005",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Notification of disease in carcases",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) has in his possession or under his charge on any premises any carcase which is affected with or suspected of being affected with tuberculosis;\n(b) in the course of his practice as a veterinary surgeon, examines any such carcase; or\n(c) in the course of his duties, inspects any such carcase for any purpose;\nshall, immediately he suspects the carcase may be affected with tuberculosis, notify the Divisional Veterinary Manager.\n(2) A person who has in his possession or under his charge a carcase to which paragraph (1) applies shall detain it on the premises where it then is until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.\n(3) For the purpose of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, “carcase” means the carcase of any bovine animal or other farmed or pet mammal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3446/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:38.998222+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."
}