11.—(1) A veterinary inspector may serve a notice [F1(a “veterinary requirements notice”) (“hysbysiad gofynion milfeddygol”)] on the keeper of a bovine animal requiring the keeper, by a date specified in the notice, to do things or to refrain from doing things for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease and, in particular, may impose the requirements mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) The requirements that may be imposed by means of a veterinary [F2requirements] notice include—
(a)erecting fences (including gates and stiles);
(b)adopting effective methods of excluding groups of animals from specified parts of the premises;
(c)protecting silage, feed storage and feeding areas from wildlife including birds;
(d)taking reasonable steps to ensure that people who enter the keeper’s land take reasonable precautions against the spread of disease[F3;]
[F4(e)any other requirement that a veterinary inspector reasonably believes necessary for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease.]
[F5(3) A veterinary inspector may specify that the requirements that may be imposed by means of a veterinary requirements notice be imposed on any bovine animal as specified in the notice, whether or not the herd that includes that animal [F6is a restricted herd].
(4) Any requirement imposed by a veterinary requirements notice may be revoked or amended by a veterinary inspector serving—
(a)a veterinary requirements notice on the keeper of a bovine animal specifying those requirements that are revoked or amended; or
(b)a notice (a “veterinary requirements revocation notice”) (“hysbysiad dirymu gofynion milfeddygol”) revoking a veterinary requirements notice before the date specified in that veterinary requirements notice.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 11(1) substituted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(b) (with art. 3)
F2Word in art. 11(2) substituted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(a) (with art. 3)
F3 Art. 11(2)(d): semicolon substituted for word (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(c) (with art. 3)
F4Art. 11(2)(e) inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(d) (with art. 3)
F5Art. 11(3)(4) inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(e) (with art. 3)
F6Words in art. 11(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/372), regs. 1(2), 3(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 11 in force at 25.5.2010, see art. 1