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Notification of disease in bovine animals

5.—(1) Any person who suspects that a bovine animal in his or her possession or under his or her charge on any premises is or may be an affected animal, must forthwith—

(a)notify the Divisional Veterinary Manager

(b)pending conclusion of the veterinary inquiry under article 7 and the service of any notice under that article—

(i)detain that animal on the premises where it then is;

(ii)isolate it as far as practicable from other bovine animals; and

(iii)adopt precautions with respect to milk produced by that animal as if a notice under article 7 had already been served.

(2) A veterinary surgeon who suspects that an animal examined by him or her in the course of his or her practice is or may be an affected animal, must forthwith notify the Divisional Veterinary Manager.