# The Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Paragraph 7


Without prejudice to paragraph 5, the Department may—
(a) cause to be slaughtered any imported animals or poultry; and
(b) cause to be destroyed any imported eggs;
in a quarantine station which appear to the Department to have been in any way exposed to the infection of—
(i) any disease not endemic in Northern Ireland, not being a disease specified in Part III or IV of Schedule 1; or
(ii) any other disease not being a disease specified in Part III or IV of Schedule 1 which in the opinion of the Department would constitute a hazard to the health of animals or poultry in Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1115/schedule/3/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-3/paragraph-7
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