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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/361/article/10</dc:identifier><dc:title>Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004</dc:title><dc:subject>Animal health</dc:subject><dc:subject>Animals</dc:subject><dc:subject>Animal movement licences</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">ANIMALS</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-09-17</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2019-04-11</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order which is made under the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 revokes and re-enacts with amendments the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1972 (as amended).</dc:description>
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<Text>The keeper of a herd shall maintain the fences dividing his holding from adjoining land in such condition as to prevent –</Text>
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<Text>contact of his herd with animals on adjoining land; and</Text>
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<Text>his herd from straying from the holding.</Text>
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<Text>Where a reactor is found in any herd, the keeper of the herd shall take all practical precautions to prevent the infection of any animals kept on the adjoining land by contact with animals on his holding.</Text>
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