Division 3 The requirements in relation to facilities and equipment of assembly centres of dogs, cats and ferrets, and animal shelters for those animals, as referred to respectively in Articles 10 and 11, shall be the following:

adequate housing of a suitable standard for those animals must be available and must be constructed in such a way that contact with animals from the outside is prevented and there is no direct communication with the isolation accommodation, and inspections and any necessary treatments can be easily carried out;

the areas where those animals are kept and any passageways, floors, walls and all other material or equipment that comes into contact with them can be readily cleaned and disinfected;

appropriate storage areas must be available respectively for bedding material, litter, manure and petfood;

appropriate equipment must be available for the cleaning and disinfection of facilities, implements and means of transport.