Paragraph 2 28 day restricted period following an animal gathering

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 1 words substituted by Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) 2002 art. 2(3)(a)
Sch. para. 2 words substituted by Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) 2002 art. 2(3)(a)
Sch. para. 1(b) words omitted by Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) 2002 art. 2(3)(b)
Sch. para. 4 words omitted by Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) 2002 art. 2(3)(c)

(a)

Subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule, no person shall allow animals onto premises on which an animal gathering has been held until 28 days have passed from the day on which—

(i)

the last animal left those premises; and

(ii)

the cleansing of visible contamination on all pens, hurdles and any other equipment to which the animals have had access has been completed.

(b)

During the 28 days period referred to in paragraph (a) above, no person shall remove from the premises any pen, hurdle or other equipment to which the animals have had access unless they have been swept or scraped clean, cleansed by washing and an approved disinfectant applied in accordance with manufacturers' instructions.