Article 4 Prohibitions in relation to specified animal pathogensI1

England and Wales

(1)

No person may have in their possession—

(a)

any animal pathogen specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1; or

(b)

any carrier in which they know such a pathogen is present,

except under the authority of a licence issued by the Welsh Ministers.

(2)

No person may deliberately introduce into any animal any animal pathogen specified in either Part 1 or Part 2 of that Schedule, except under the authority of a licence issued by the Welsh Ministers.

(3)

A person must immediately notify the Welsh Ministers if that person—

(a)

has possession of any thing in respect of which they have reasonable grounds for suspecting that an animal pathogen specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 is present, and

(b)

does not have a licence in respect of that pathogen.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 4 in force at 10.5.2008, see art. 1