# The Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2011, Article 6: Notification of disease in non-bovine animals

Extent: E+W

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/692/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-wales-order-2011/article-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.