6.—(1) Any person who—
(a)has possession or charge of any non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal;
(b)in the course of the person’s practice as a veterinary surgeon examines a non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal; or
(c)in the course of the person’s duties inspects, for any purpose, a non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal,
must notify the Welsh Ministers immediately.
(2) Any person who has possession or charge of any non-bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal must, pending conclusion of the veterinary inquiry under article 7 and the service of any notice under that article, immediately–
(a)detain that non-bovine animal on the premises where it then is;
(b)isolate it from other animals to the extent specified in the notice; and
(c)adopt precautions with respect to milk produced by that non-bovine animal as if a notice under article 7 had already been served.