The Sheep Scab Order 1997

Movement of sheep after the date specified in the notice

4.—(1) No person shall move sheep on to the land specified in a clearance notice for three complete days from the date specified in the notice.

(2) No person shall move sheep on to the land specified in a clearance notice for three months from the date of the notice (or such earlier date as the notice shall specify), or keep sheep on that land, unless—

(a) those sheep have been treated against sheep scab with a product for the treatment of sheep scab which may be placed on the market under the provisions of the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 1994(1) and the local authority has, if it thinks that it is necessary to do so, checked that the treatment has been carried out;

(b) the person moving the sheep on to the land has given the following information to the local authority in writing—

(i) the fact that the sheep have been treated against sheep scab;

(ii) the number of sheep which have been treated;

(iii) the date or dates of the treatment;

(iv) the product used; and

(c) the local authority has authorised in writing the movement of those sheep on to the land.

(3) A local authority shall not authorise the movement of sheep in accordance with this article unless—

(a) it has received the information required in the preceding paragraph; and

(b) if the movement is within 16 days of the date specified in the notice (or, if the land was not cleared by the date specified in the notice, 16 days from the date on which the land was cleared), it is satisfied that the sheep have been treated in such a way that they will not be affected by sheep scab mites remaining on the land.

(1)

S.I. 1994/3142.