Cleansing and disinfection
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall not import, or cause or permit the importation of any machinery or vehicle which has been contaminated or by means of which disease may be carried or transmitted.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply where the machinery or vehicle, before being loaded into the vessel, aircraft or other conveyance in which it is brought into Northern Ireland, has been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the Schedule.
(3) Where, in the opinion of an inspector, any machinery or vehicle being imported has not been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the Schedule, the inspector may, by notice served on the owner, consignor, consignee or person for the time being in charge of such machinery or vehicle—
(a)require that person to detain that machinery or vehicle on board any vessel, aircraft or other conveyance; and
(b)cause it to be exported within a period specified in the notice at the expense of that person.
(4) If any machinery or vehicle is landed in contravention of this Order, an inspector may by notice served on the owner, consignor, consignee or the person for the time being in charge of such machinery or vehicle, require the person on whom the notice is served at the expense of that person and within a period specified in the notice either—
(a)to cause that machinery or vehicle to be cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the Schedule; or
(b)to cause that machinery or vehicle to be exported or destroyed.
(5) Any machinery or vehicle in respect of which a notice is served under paragraph (3) or (4) shall not be—
(a)tampered with or moved; or
(b)cleansed and disinfected,
except in compliance with the requirements of the notice served.
(6) Where a person acts in contravention of a notice served under paragraph (3) or (4), an inspector may—
(a)seize and detain any machinery or vehicle; and
(b)arrange for the provisions of the notice to be complied with,
without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence arising out of the contravention, at the expense of that person.