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Article 5 Cleansing and disinfection of premises, vehicles, etc

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(1)

An inspector may, by notice served on the owner or the person in charge of any premises, place, vehicle or container on or in which any viscera imported into Great Britain in contravention of article 3(1) are or have been present, require that person to cleanse and disinfect such premises, place, vehicle or container, or to destroy or otherwise dispose of such container, in such manner and within such time as may be specified in the notice.

(2)

If a person fails to comply with the requirements of any such notice, an inspector may, without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence arising out of such failure, carry out or cause to be carried out the requirements of the notice and for this purpose an inspector may seize a container or cause it to be seized.