Division 1 The requirements in relation to biosecurity measures of purification centres as referred to in point (a) of Article 12, shall be the following

operators shall implement the biosecurity plan in accordance with Article 5, which must take the following elements into consideration:

1. (i)

   disinfection points must be installed at critical locations in the purification centre;

2. (ii)

   the work clothing and footwear for personnel must be kept solely for use at the purification centre and cleaned and disinfected regularly;

3. (iii)

   equipment must not be shared between establishments but where this is unavoidable, an appropriate protocol for cleaning and disinfection of the equipment must be put in place;

4. (iv)

   visitors to the purification centre must be controlled where they pose a risk for the spread of disease; these visitors must either:

   • wear protective clothing and footwear provided at the purification centre; or

   • clean and disinfect any protective clothing and footwear they bring onto the purification centre on arrival and in the case of non-disposable clothing and footwear, on departure;

5. (v)

   equipment in the purification centre must be cleaned and disinfected at the end of the purification cycle;

6. (vi)

   wastewater from the purification centre must not be discharged without appropriate treatment directly into water bodies when the health status of aquatic animals may be jeopardised with respect to listed or emerging diseases.