# The Tuberculosis in Specified Animals (Scotland) Order 2015, Article 5: Notification of disease in carcases of wild deer

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(1) Any person who—
(a) is the keeper of the carcase of a wild deer and who knows or suspects that that carcase is or may be the carcase of an affected animal or a suspected animal; or
(b) in the course of practice as a veterinary surgeon, examines or inspects the carcase of a wild deer and, following such examination or inspection, knows or suspects that the carcase is or may be that of an affected animal or a suspected animal,
must immediately inform the Scottish Ministers of such knowledge or suspicion.
(2) Following the giving of the information under paragraph (1), and prior to the conclusion of a veterinary inquiry under article 6 (veterinary inquiry as to the existence of disease) or the taking of a diagnostic sample from the carcase under the direction of a veterinary inspector, the keeper must—
(a) detain the carcase on the premises on which it was located at the time of the giving of the information; and
(b) isolate the carcase as far as practicable from other animals.
(3) If the carcase is in a slaughterhouse, the operator of the slaughterhouse must keep it isolated from other carcases of slaughtered animals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/327/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-in-specified-animals-scotland-order-2015/article-5
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