Article 5 Prevention of spread of infection
A Council, on being satisfied by a report from an appointed officer that the disease is present in any willows, or is present or has at any time during the previous three years been present in any sett-bed of willows, on any premises in their area, may serve upon the occupier of any premises to which the report relates, or upon any person in whose control or management the willows or sett-bed appear to be, a notice requiring him within such time or during such period as may be prescribed in the notice to do one or more of the following things namely—
to cut down to the ground level any willows specified in the notice;
to remove and destroy by fire at the premises all the branches and twigs of any such willows;
to remove and destroy by fire at the premises the bark from the trunks of any such willows;
to destroy by fire at the premises the trunks of any such willows;
to grub up and destroy by fire at the premises any such willows;
to ensure that during a period prescribed in the notice but not exceeding three years no willows growing in the sett-bed shall be delivered to any other person or used for propagation, planting or for any other purpose.
and to take such other steps as may be presented in the notice.
A notice served pursuant to paragraph (1) of this Article may at any time be amended, modified or withdrawn by a further notice in writing served upon the person on whom the first notice was served.
Nothing in this Order shall prevent any person upon whom a notice has been served under paragraph (1) of this Article from completely destroying by fire at the premises any willows in respect of which the notice has been served upon him, and if he shall so destroy them he shall be deemed to have complied with the notice so far as it relates to those willows.
If upon an inspection by an appointed officer it shall appear that any person shall have failed to carry out the requirements of a notice served pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), of this Article, being requirements referred to in subparagraph (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of paragraph (1) of this Article, within the time or items specified in such notice, then without prejudice to any proceedings under this Order consequent upon such failure, an appointed officer or a person acting under his instructions may enter on the premises and carry out such requirements, and the cost of carrying out such requirements shall be recoverable by the Council as a civil debt from the person on whom the notice was served.