# Equine Viral Arteritis Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, Article 4: Restrictions and requirements on stallions and semen


(1) Upon the notification under Article 3, or if a veterinary inspector has other reasonable grounds for supposing that the disease or virus exists or has within 56 days existed in the stallion, a veterinary inspector shall—
(a) by notice served on the owner or person in charge of the stallion, impose the restrictions and requirements contained in Part I of the Schedule; and
(b) where appropriate, by notice served on any person who is identified as having obtained semen collected from a stallion in relation to which a notice under sub-paragraph (a) has been served, impose the restriction contained in Part II of the Schedule.
(2) The person upon whom a notice under this Article has been served shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the notice is complied with, unless he is authorised by a licence to do anything which would otherwise be a breach of this Order.
(3) A notice served under paragraph (1) shall—
(a) remain in force until amended or withdrawn by the Department by a further notice served on the owner or person in charge of the stallion or its semen to which the notice served under paragraph (1) relates; and
(b) not be withdrawn until the Department is satisfied that the disease or the virus does not exist or no longer exists in the stallion or its semen.
(4) Until such time as a notice under this Article is served, a person who has in his possession or under his charge—
(a) a stallion suspected of being diseased or of being a carrier of the virus; or
(b) semen collected from such a stallion,
shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the relevant restrictions and requirements contained in the Schedule are complied with.
(5) If any person fails to comply with any restriction or requirement imposed by a notice under this Article then, unless he has been authorised in that behalf under paragraph (2) the Department may, without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence arising out of such contravention—
(a) seize or cause to be seized such diseased or suspected stallion and detain it at such place as it shall consider appropriate until the notice is amended or withdrawn; and
(b) take such other action in relation to such stallion as may be necessary so as to ensure that any restriction or requirement imposed by the notice is complied with or carried out.
(6) The amount of any expenses reasonably incurred by the Department in the exercise of the powers under paragraph (5) in connection with the seizure and detention of a diseased or suspected stallion shall be recoverable as a civil debt by the Department from the owner of such a stallion.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/274/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-4
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