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[F1Part 2A E+WScrapie

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 2A (ss. 36A-36M) inserted (14.1.2003) by 2002 c. 42, s. 6, Sch.; S.I. 2002/3044, art. 2

EnforcementE+W

36E Secretary of State’s powers of enforcementE+W

(1)This section applies if the Secretary of State is satisfied that a person to whom a restriction notice has been given has failed to comply with one or more of the restrictions or requirements imposed on him by section 36C.

(2)But it does not apply in relation to any sheep—

(a)which is the subject of an appeal under section 36D which has not been disposed of, or

(b)which, as the result of a successful appeal, is no longer subject to the restriction notice.

(3)The Secretary of State may take such reasonable steps as he considers appropriate to secure that the failure is remedied.

(4)In particular, the Secretary of State may cause to be castrated (or as appropriate sterilised) or slaughtered any sheep—

(a)which is the subject of the notice, but

(b)which has neither been castrated (or as appropriate sterilised) nor slaughtered within the period mentioned in section 36C(9)(b).

(5)The Secretary of State may make regulations supplementing the provisions of this section.]