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8. The person in charge of the premises shall give all reasonable assistance to a veterinary inspector so as to ensure that poultry and such other birds on the premises as the veterinary inspector may require are killed there without delay and that carcases and eggs are destroyed in such a way as will minimise the risk of spreading disease, in accordance with directions given by a veterinary inspector.
9. The person in charge of the premises shall ensure that all other material which may be contaminated is destroyed or treated in such a way as to destroy the disease, in accordance with directions given by a veterinary inspector.
10. The person in charge of the premises shall give all reasonable assistance to a veterinary inspector so as to ensure that–
(a)meat of all poultry slaughtered during the presumed incubation period of the disease;
(b)eggs laid during the presumed incubation period of the disease; and
(c)meat and eggs which are otherwise likely to be contaminated with the disease virus,
are traced and destroyed, except that table eggs need not be destroyed if they have previously been disinfected.
11. The buildings used for housing poultry, their surroundings, any vehicles on the holding used for transport of poultry and all equipment likely to be contaminated shall, under the supervision of an inspector, be subject to preliminary and final cleansing and disinfection in accordance with Annex II of Council Directive 92/40/EEC or Annex II of Council Directive 92/66/EEC as the case may be and to the satisfaction of a veterinary inspector. The Person in charge of the premises shall not restock the premises until at least 21 days after completion of the cleansing and disinfection.
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