The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Order 2006 No. 44

SCHEDULE 4 Measures applicable in protection zones and surveillance zones

PART 1 Measures applicable in both protection zones and surveillance zones

Straying of susceptible animals

2.—(1) The keeper of a susceptible animal in a protection zone or a surveillance zone shall take all such steps as are necessary to prevent it from straying from the premises on which it is kept.

(2) An inspector may detain any stray or feral susceptible animal found in a protection zone or a surveillance zone and if, having made reasonable inquiries, the inspector cannot ascertain the owner, the inspector may arrange for its destruction.