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6.—(1) Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a notifiable disease or a notifiable pest is present on or in any premises or vehicle, he shall serve on the owner or person in charge of—
(a)any hive, bees, combs, bee products, bee pests, hive debris or appliances situated on or in the premises or vehicle; or
(b)any other thing liable to spread the notifiable disease or the notifiable pest situated on or in the premises or vehicle,
a notice prohibiting their removal and the removal of any bee pests contained in or affecting them, except under the authority of a licence issued by the Secretary of State.
(2) Where an authorised person is obstructed in the exercise of his power of entry under section 2 of the Act, he may serve on the person appearing to him to be the owner or occupier of the premises or the owner or person in charge of the vehicle a notice prohibiting the removal from the premises or vehicle of—
(a)any hive, bees, combs, bee products, bee pests, hive debris or appliances; or
(b)any other thing liable to spread a notifiable disease or a notifiable pest.
(3) A notice served pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be revoked if an authorised person is subsequently able to act without obstruction in the exercise of his power of entry under section 2 of the Act on or in the premises or vehicle.
(4) In this article “the Act” means the Bees Act 1980.
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