PART 2Preventive measures
Surveillance for avian influenza7.
(1)
The Scottish Ministers must carry out surveillance at such premises and of such birds as they consider necessary–
(a)
to detect the prevalence in different species of poultry of infection with avian influenza virus subtypes H5 and H7; and
(b)
to assess the risk of the spread of influenza of avian origin by wild birds.
(2)
The Scottish Ministers must give notice to the occupier of premises selected by them for the purposes of such a survey.