Movement restrictions
4.—(1) For the purposes of point 3 of Annex VII and Article 12(1) of the Community TSE Regulation, following suspicion of a TSE in a sheep or goat (“ a suspected animal”) (whether in a live animal or through the monitoring under Annex III of the Community TSE Regulation), an inspector—
(a)must serve a notice prohibiting the movement of any other animal onto or from the premises on which the suspected sheep or goat is kept if he considers that the animal would be exposed to a TSE on those premises; or
(b)if the suspected animal came from other premises, and he considers that it may have been exposed to a TSE on those other premises, may serve such a notice either in relation to those premises and on the premises where the suspect animal is kept, or only the premises where the exposure may have taken place; and
(c)must serve a notice prohibiting movement onto or from any premises where an animal specified in point 1(b) of Annex VII of the Community TSE Regulation is kept or where he suspects such an animal is kept.
(2) Movements of animals restricted under this Schedule are only permitted in accordance with regulation 16.