The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Order 2006

Further provision relating to certain premises

43.—(1) This article applies to the following premises–

(a) a laboratory, zoo, wildlife park or other premises where susceptible animals are kept principally for the purposes of display and education of the public, or an enclosed area principally used for shooting;

(b) premises not falling within sub paragraph (a) of a body, institute or centre which–

(i) keeps susceptible animals only for the purposes of conservation, display and education of the public, or scientific research or breeding of such animals for research; and

(ii) is approved in relation to those animals under regulation 9 of the Animal and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2000(1);

(c) other premises where susceptible animals are kept for scientific purposes or purposes related to conservation of species or farm animal genetic resources.

(2) The Scottish Ministers shall take such steps as they consider necessary to prevent the spread of disease to premises to which this article applies.

(3) In taking such steps, the Scottish Ministers may–

(a) require the detention and isolation of any vehicle, equipment or other thing on premises to which this article applies and its subsequent cleansing and disinfection by serving a notice requiring such action on the occupier, or on the person in charge of the vehicle, equipment or other thing;

(b) require the cleansing and disinfection of–

(i) any premises to which this article applies in accordance with Schedule 1 by serving a notice requiring it on the occupier; or

(ii) any person or that person’s clothing or footwear by serving a notice on that person requiring it;

(c) require the removal, cleansing and disinfection or destruction of the clothing or footwear of any person by serving notice on that person requiring it;

(d) require any person to cleanse himself by serving a notice requiring it on him;

(e) require the detention or isolation in a specified place of any animal or poultry on premises to which this article applies by serving a notice requiring it on the occupier, or on its keeper;

(f) require the separation of any animal or poultry from other animals or poultry on premises to which this article applies by serving a notice requiring it on the occupier of the premises, or on its keeper;

(g) prohibit the movement of any animal on to or from premises to which this article applies, or make such movement subject to the grant of a licence by serving a notice on the occupier prohibiting it or prohibiting it except under licence;

(h) prohibit the movement of any person or persons on to premises to which this article applies and which are open to the public, or make such movement subject to the grant of a licence by serving a notice on the occupier prohibiting it or prohibiting it except under licence.

(1)

S.S.I. 2000/216.