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5.—(1) Any person who—
(a)is the keeper of a bovine animal which the keeper suspects of having tuberculosis or suspects may be an affected animal,
(b)in the course of practice as a veterinary surgeon, examines or inspects a bovine animal which the veterinary surgeon suspects of having tuberculosis, or may be an affected animal,
(c)in the course of that person’s duty, inspects, for any purpose, a bovine animal which that person suspects of having tuberculosis or suspects may be an affected animal,
must give immediate notice of such suspicion to the Secretary of State.
(2) Pending conclusion of the veterinary inquiry in accordance with article 7 and the service of any notice under that article, a keeper must immediately after notification—
(a)detain and not move that notified animal from the premises on which it is located,
(b)isolate it as far as practicable from other bovine animals, and
(c)adopt precautions with respect to milk produced by that animal as if a notice under article 7(3)(b) had already been served.
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