# Movement of Animals (Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004, Article 6: Restrictions on movement of animals in cases of disease or suspected disease


(1) If the Department has reasonable grounds for supposing that disease exists on any premises or means of transport, it may serve a notice on the person in charge of the premises or means of transport, as the case may be, prohibiting the movement of any animal, carcase, equipment or other thing –
(a) on to or from those premises,
(b) in that means of transport
except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department.
(2) A notice issued under paragraph (1) may contain such other restrictions with regard to the premises or means of transport to which it relates or with regard to persons, animals, carcases, equipment or other things on the premises or means of transport as the Department considers necessary for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease.
(3) If any person contravenes a notice issued under this Article in so far as it applies to an animal, the Department may seize or detain that animal and may dispose of it in such manner as it considers necessary to prevent the spread of disease.
(4) The amount of expenses reasonably incurred by the Department in the exercise of the powers under paragraph (3) shall be recoverable as a civil debt, by the Department, from the owner of the animal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/249/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-6
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