Article 6 Notification of disease in non-bovine animalsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Any person who—

(a)

has possession or charge of any non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal;

(b)

in the course of the person’s practice as a veterinary surgeon examines a non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal; or

(c)

in the course of the person’s duties inspects, for any purpose, a non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal,

must notify the Welsh Ministers immediately.

(2)

Any person who has possession or charge of any non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal must, pending conclusion of the veterinary inquiry under article 7 and the service of any notice under that article, immediately–

(a)

detain that non-bovine animal on the premises where it then is;

(b)

isolate it from other animals to the extent specified in the notice; and

(c)

adopt precautions with respect to milk produced by that non-bovine animal as if a notice under article 7 had already been served.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 6 in force at 31.3.2011, see art. 1