Article 34 Veterinary inspection of premises in protection zones and surveillance zones

(1)

The Scottish Ministers shall ensure that each premises within a protection zone or a surveillance zone keeping susceptible animals is inspected as regularly as they think fit by a veterinary inspector.

(2)

A veterinary inspector inspecting premises under this article shall ensure that the inspection includes–

(a)

clinical inspection of all susceptible animals; and

(b)

inspection of the records required to be created and maintained by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4.

Notes on the whole SSI

Textual amendments

F1: 1981 c. 22, amended by the Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3293). The functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) are now exercisable by the Scottish Ministers. They were transferred, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.