Article 9 Notification of disease in carcasesI1

England and Wales

(1)

Any person who—

(a)

has possession or charge of any carcase that is affected with or suspected of being affected with tuberculosis;

(b)

in the course of the person’s practice as a veterinary surgeon, examines a carcase that is affected with or suspected of being affected with tuberculosis; or

(c)

in the course of the person’s duties inspects, for any purpose, a carcase that is affected with or suspected of being affected with tuberculosis,

must notify the Welsh Ministers immediately.

(2)

A person who has possession or charge of a carcase mentioned in paragraph (1) must detain it on the premises where it then is F1and must isolate it as far as practicable from bovine animals or other farmed or pet mammals until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 9(2) inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 2 (with art. 3)

Commencement

I1: Art. 9 in force at 25.5.2010, see art. 1