PART 4Disease control measures
CHAPTER 1Notification
Controls on notification17
1
This article applies to a person in possession or charge of a pig or carcase who gives notification under article 16.
2
That person must ensure that, unless approved by a veterinary inspector–
a
no pig or carcase is moved to or from the premises where the pig or carcase in respect of which notification was made is located; and
b
no thing likely to spread swine vesicular disease is moved to or from those premises;
c
a person who has contact with a pig or carcase on those premises takes, before leaving the premises, the biosecurity measures needed to reduce the risk of spread swine vesicular disease; and
d
a person who is on a part of those premises that may be contaminated with swine vesicular disease virus takes such biosecurity measures.
3
This article applies until–
a
a veterinary inspector informs a person to whom it applies (orally or otherwise) that the presence of the virus is not suspected; or
b
the premises on which the pig or carcase in respect of which notification was made is kept are designated as suspected or infected premises.