# Equine Viral Arteritis Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, Article 3: Notification of disease in horses


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person who knows or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a stallion—
(a) which is in his possession or under his charge; or
(b) which he has examined or inspected,
is or may be diseased, or is or may be a carrier of the virus, shall with all practicable speed notify that fact to a Divisional Veterinary Officer, to an inspector or to any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of a stallion which has been vaccinated against the disease and which, immediately prior to vaccination, has been tested for the disease with a negative result.
(3) A person who knows or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a mare which has been served, either naturally or by artificial insemination, within the previous 14 days—
(a) which is in his possession or under his charge; or
(b) which he has examined or inspected,
is or may be diseased, shall with all practicable speed notify to a Divisional Veterinary Officer, to an inspector or to any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary—
(i) that fact;
(ii) the name of the stallion used to serve the mare; and
(iii) the name and address of the owner of that stallion.
(4) A person who, following analysis by him of a sample of serum or semen taken from a stallion or a sample of serum taken from a mare which has been served, either naturally or by artificial insemination within the previous 14 days, reasonably supposes that the disease exists or that the stallion may be a carrier of the virus shall—
(a) with all practicable speed notify that fact to a Divisional Veterinary Officer;
(b) retain the sample analysed until its disposal is authorised in writing by a veterinary inspector; and
(c) if required in writing to do so by a veterinary inspector, surrender any samples in whatever form they are to the Department.
(5) This Article shall not apply where the disease or virus has been deliberately introduced into a horse or sample in a laboratory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/274/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-3
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