Paragraph 4 Movement restrictions

England and Wales

(1)

For the purposes of Article 12(1), following suspicion of a TSE (whether in a live animal or through monitoring), a veterinary inspector—

(a)

must serve a notice prohibiting the movement onto or from its holding of any ovine or caprine animal on the same holding as the suspect ovine or caprine animal if the inspector considers that the suspect animal was exposed to a TSE on that holding;

(b)

may serve a notice prohibiting the movement onto or from any holding of any ovine or caprine animal if there is evidence that the suspect animal was exposed to a TSE on that holding;

(c)

may serve a notice prohibiting movement onto or from a holding where an animal specified in point 1(b) of Chapter B of Annex VII is kept or where the inspector suspects such an animal is kept; and

(d)

must serve a notice prohibiting the movement of sheep or goat milk, or sheep or goat milk products, derived from any ovine or caprine animal present on any holding in relation to which a restriction operates for the purposes of paragraphs (a) to (c).

(2)

Movements of restricted animals or products are only permitted in accordance with regulation 18.

(3)

A notice served under sub-paragraph (1)(d) does not prohibit the use of milk or milk products within the holding.

(4)

If, following the receipt of test results, the veterinary inspector determines that no animal on a holding is infected with a TSE, the inspector must remove all restrictions imposed on that holding.