Where the Scottish Ministers propose to cause bovine animals or steers to be slaughtered under section 32 of the Act in its application to brucellosis, a veterinary inspector must serve a notice of intended slaughter on the owner or keeper of the animal informing that person of the proposed slaughter and requiring the animal to be detained pending slaughter and to be isolated as far as practicable from such other animals as may be specified.

The person on whom such a notice has been served must ensure that the animal is not moved, or caused or permitted to be moved except under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector.