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Sheep and Goats (Spongiform Encephalopathy) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

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Notification of disease in sheep and goats

4.—(1) A person who has in his possession or under his charge an affected or a suspected animal, or the carcase of such an animal, and any veterinary surgeon or other person who, in the course of his duties, examines or inspects any such animal or carcase shall, with all practicable speed, notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Officer or to any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

(2) A person who has in his possession or under his charge on any premises an affected or a suspected animal, or the carcase of such an animal, shall, subject to paragraph (3), detain it on the premises until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.

(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to an affected or a suspected animal moved from the premises to a veterinary investigation centre of the Department in accordance with instructions of a veterinary inspector.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), a person who, in the course of a laboratory examination of a carcase of a sheep or goat, reasonably suspects the presence of the disease, shall—

(a)with all practicable speed, notify the fact to a Divisional Veterinary Officer;

(b)retain the sample examined and the remainder of the carcase until its disposal has been authorised in writing by a veterinary inspector; and

(c)if required in writing to do so by a veterinary inspector, surrender any samples, in whatever form, to such an inspector.

(5) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to disease which has been introduced deliberately into an animal, a carcase or a sample in a laboratory.

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