# The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006, Paragraph 8: Cleansing and disinfection of clothing, etc.

Extent: E+W

(1) No person is permitted to enter or leave the premises—
(a) wearing clothes or boots which are visibly soiled with mud, slurry, animal faeces, droppings, excretions or any similar matter, and
(b) without cleansing and disinfecting the outer surfaces of his or her footwear in accordance with the directions of an inspector.
(2) No person is permitted to enter any part of the premises—
(a) in which an animal which is infected or suspected of being infected is being kept or has recently been kept, or
(b) in order to attend to or treat an animal,
unless wearing clothing and footwear approved by an inspector.
(3) No person is permitted to leave any such part of the premises without having cleansed his or her hands to the satisfaction of an inspector and having either—
(a) cleansed and disinfected his or her clothing and footwear to the satisfaction of an inspector, or
(b) removed such clothing and footwear for laundering, cleansing and disinfection or disposal as an inspector reasonably directs by notice served on that person.
(4) A notice under sub-paragraph (3)(b) shall specify the required method of laundering, cleansing and disinfection or disposal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/179/schedule/2/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-wales-order-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-8
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