Article 4 Amendment of Paragraph 2 of the Schedule

—Paragraph 2 of the Schedule shall be replaced by the following paragraph —

“2

Once the last animal at an animal gathering has left the premises, no person shall —

(a)

subject to paragraph 3 below, allow animals onto those premises until the cleansing of visible contamination on all equipment to which the animals at the gathering had access has been completed; or

(b)

remove from those premises any equipment to which animals at the gathering had access unless —

(i)

the cleansing of visible contamination referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above has been completed on the equipment to be removed and the period of 28 days has elapsed since its completion; or

(ii)

the equipment to be removed has been swept or scraped clean, cleansed by washing and an approved disinfectant applied in accordance with manufacturers instructions.”