{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-in-animals-england-order-2021/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-in-animals-england-order-2021/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1001",
  "legislation_title": "The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-in-animals-england-order-2021",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Extension of definition of “disease” and power to slaughter animals affected with tuberculosis",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the Act, the definition of “disease” in section 88 of the Act is extended so as to include tuberculosis.\n(2) Section 32 of the Act (power to slaughter animals) applies to that disease.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 4 renumbered as art. 4(1) (15.7.2025) by The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/748), arts. 1(1), 3(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 4(2) inserted (15.7.2025) by The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/748), arts. 1(1), 3(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 heading inserted (15.7.2025) by The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/748), arts. 1(1), 3(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 1.10.2021, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1001/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:09:22.270944+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."
}