Part I

General

Eradication and prevention of disease

Tests and samples: Scotland
6E
1
An inspector may at any time enter any premises in Scotland for the purpose of ascertaining (any or all)—
a
whether—
i
biological indicators of any disease of animals;
ii
biological indicators of any causative agent of a disease of animals,
exist in animals, birds or amphibians on the premises;
b
whether any animals, birds or amphibians on the premises or which were kept there at any time are, or were at the time they were so kept, infected with a disease of animals;
c
whether any causative agent of a disease of animals is present on the premises.
2
The inspector may take such samples (including samples from any animals, birds or amphibians on the premises) and carry out such tests as the inspector thinks are necessary for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1).
3
In subsections (1) and (2), the references to animals in which biological indicators exist, infected with a disease or from which samples may be taken means any kind of mammal (except man).
4
In this section—
- “biological indicator”—
  1. in relation to a disease, includes evidence of any form of reaction to the disease;
  2. in relation to a causative agent, includes—
    1. anti-bodies in reaction to the causative agent;
    2. evidence of any other form of reaction to the causative agent;
- “
causative agent
”, in relation to a disease, includes any virus, bacterium and any other organism or infectious substance which may cause or transmit the disease;
- “disease” is not restricted by its definition in this Act;
- “
inspector
” means—
  1. a person appointed as an inspector for the purposes of this Act by the Scottish Ministers; or
  2. a person authorised by the Scottish Ministers for those purposes;
- “
premises
” includes—
  1. any land or building; or
  2. any other place, in particular—
    1. a vehicle or vessel; or
    2. a tent or moveable structure.
S. 6E - S. 6F inserted (S.) (6.10.2006) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), ss. 5, 55(1) (with s. 54); S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2