Compulsory vaccination
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22.—(1) The Department may declare a vaccination zone in which the keepers of pigs in premises inside the zone shall ensure the vaccination of pigs on those premises in accordance with that declaration.
(2) A keeper who fails to vaccinate a pig in accordance with the declaration commits an offence.
(3) Premises partly inside and partly outside a vaccination zone are deemed as being inside the vaccination zone.
(4) In the case of pigs outside a vaccination zone, or if a vaccination zone has not been declared a veterinary inspector may serve a notice on a keeper of a pig requiring the keeper to ensure that the pig is vaccinated in accordance with the notice, and failure to comply with the notice is an offence.