Notification of disease in horses4
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, a person who knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing that a stallion—
a
which is in his possession or under his charge, or
b
which he has examined or inspected,
is or may be diseased, or is or may be a carrier of the virus, shall with all practicable speed notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Officer.
2
Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in respect of a stallion which has been vaccinated against the disease and which, immediately prior to vaccination, has been tested for the disease with a negative result.
3
A person who knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing that a mare which has been served, either naturally or by artificial insemination, within the previous fourteen days—
a
which is in his possession or under his charge, or
b
which he has examined or inspected,
is or may be diseased, shall with all practicable speed—
i
notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Officer; and
ii
notify to the Divisional Veterinary Officer the name of the stallion used to serve the mare and the name and address of the owner of the stallion.
4
A person who, following analysis by him of a sample of serum or semen taken from a stallion or a sample of serum taken from a mare which has been served, either narurally or by artificial insemination within the previus fourteen days, reasonably supposes that the disease exists or the stallion may be a carrier of the virus shall—
a
with all practicable speed notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Officer;
b
retain the sample analysed until its disposal is authorised in writing by a verterinary inspector; and
c
if required in writing to do so by a veterinary inspector, surrender any samples in whatever form they are to a veterinary inspector or an officer of the Ministry acting on his behalf.
5
This article shall not apply where the disease or virus has been deliberately introduced into a horse or sample in a laboratory.