The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Tracing of possible disease spread

13.—(1) The Department shall declare premises (other than infected premises) to be suspect premises where the Chief Veterinary Officer advises that he suspects them of contamination from premises already declared to be suspect or infected premises or from a suspected case of disease outside Northern Ireland.

(2) The Department shall declare premises (other than infected premises or suspect premises) to be contact premises where the Chief Veterinary Officer advises either—

(a) that disease may have been carried there from any premises; or

(b) that disease may have been carried to any premises from there,

and in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) “premises” includes premises outside Northern Ireland.

(3) A declaration under this regulation shall be by notice served on the occupier.

(4) The Department shall ensure that any premises declared to be suspect premises or contact premises under this regulation are subjected to investigation in accordance with regulation 11 as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(5) Where, following a declaration under regulation 12(1), premises are to be regarded as consisting of separate production units the Department shall amend any declaration under paragraph (2) to specify to or from which units disease may have been carried and only those units so specified shall form the contact premises.

(6) Schedule 1 applies to suspect premises or contact premises declared under this regulation.