The Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2003

Exemption from the 27 day restricted period for premises with a paved animal area

6.—(1) The restriction in article 5 does not apply if —

(a) the premises have an animal area paved with cement, concrete, asphalt or other hard, impermeable material that is capable of being effectively cleansed and disinfected, and

(b) the animal area has been cleansed and disinfected, and any waste on the animal area has been removed and disposed of, in accordance with this article.

(2) The cleansing and disinfection —

(a) must not begin until all animals have been removed from the part of the animal area being cleansed and disinfected, and

(b) must be completed after the last animal has left the licensed premises.

(3) All feedingstuffs to which animals have had access, and all bedding, excreta, other material of animal origin and other contaminants must be removed from the animal area and —

(a) destroyed,

(b) treated so as to remove the risk of transmission of disease, or

(c) disposed of so that animals do not have access to it.

(4) All parts of the animal area (including any equipment) must be swept or scraped clean, cleansed by washing and disinfected with an approved disinfectant.

(5) If, following the last occasion on which the animal area was cleansed and disinfected in accordance with this article, it becomes contaminated with animal excreta or other material of animal origin or any contaminant derived from animals, then the animal area or those parts of it that have become so contaminated must be cleansed and disinfected, and any waste must be disposed of, in accordance with this article before an animal gathering is held.