Article 3 Notification of disease in sheep and goats
A person who has in his possession or under his charge an affected or a suspected animal, or the carcase of such an animal, and any veterinary surgeon or other person who, in the course of his duties, examines or inspects any such animal or carcase shall, with all practicable speed, notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Manager.
A person who has in his possession or under his charge on any premises an affected or a suspected animal, or the carcase of such an animal, shall, subject to paragraph (3) below, detain it on the premises until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.
Paragraph (2) above shall not apply to an affected or a suspected animal moved from the premises to a veterinary investigation centre of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in accordance with instructions of the Divisional Veterinary Manager.
A person who, in the course of a laboratory examination of the carcase of an affected or suspected animal, reasonably suspects the presence of a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, shall—
with all practicable speed, notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Manager;
retain the sample examined and the remainder of the carcase until its disposal has been authorised in writing by a veterinary inspector; and
if required in writing to do so by a veterinary inspector, surrender any samples, in whatever form, to such an inspector.
Paragraph (4) above shall not apply to any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which has been introduced deliberately into an animal, a carcase or a sample in a laboratory.