Article 11 Veterinary improvement noticeI1

England and Wales

(1)

A veterinary inspector may serve a notice F1(a “veterinary requirements notice”) (“hysbysiad gofynion milfeddygol”) on the keeper of a bovine animal requiring the keeper, by a date specified in the notice, to do things or to refrain from doing things for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease and, in particular, may impose the requirements mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2)

The requirements that may be imposed by means of a veterinary F2requirements notice include—

(a)

erecting fences (including gates and stiles);

(b)

adopting effective methods of excluding groups of animals from specified parts of the premises;

(c)

protecting silage, feed storage and feeding areas from wildlife including birds;

(d)

taking reasonable steps to ensure that people who enter the keeper’s land take reasonable precautions against the spread of diseaseF3;

F4(e)

any other requirement that a veterinary inspector reasonably believes necessary for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease.

F5(3)

A veterinary inspector may specify that the requirements that may be imposed by means of a veterinary requirements notice be imposed on any bovine animal as specified in the notice, whether or not the herd that includes that animal F6is a restricted herd.

(4)

Any requirement imposed by a veterinary requirements notice may be revoked or amended by a veterinary inspector serving—

(a)

a veterinary requirements notice on the keeper of a bovine animal specifying those requirements that are revoked or amended; or

(b)

a notice (a “veterinary requirements revocation notice”) (“hysbysiad dirymu gofynion milfeddygol”) revoking a veterinary requirements notice before the date specified in that veterinary requirements notice.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 11(1) substituted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(b) (with art. 3)
F2: Word in art. 11(2) substituted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(a) (with art. 3)
F3: Art. 11(2)(d): semicolon substituted for word (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(c) (with art. 3)
F4: Art. 11(2)(e) inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(d) (with art. 3)
F5: Art. 11(3)(4) inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(e) (with art. 3)
F6: Words in art. 11(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/372), regs. 1(2), 3(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1: Art. 11 in force at 25.5.2010, see art. 1