Notification of disease in bovine animals
5.—(1) A person who has possession of, or who has the charge of, on any premises an affected animal (other than a reactor) or a suspected animal, and a veterinary surgeon who, in the course of the practice of that veterinary surgeon, examines any such animal shall, as soon as practicable, notify an inspector of the local authority or the Divisional Veterinary Manager.
(2) Where an inspector of the local authority has been notified of a suspected or affected animal under paragraph (1), that inspector shall immediately inform the Divisional Veterinary Manager.
(3) A person who has possession of, or who has the charge of, an affected animal (other than a reactor) or a suspected animal, shall forthwith detain it on the premises where it then is and isolate it as far as practicable from other bovine animals, and shall adopt precautions with respect to milk produced by the affected or suspected animal as if a notice under article 7 in respect of that animal had already been served on such person.