The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006

Tracing of possible disease spread

14.—(1) The National Assembly must declare premises (other than infected premises) to be suspect premises if the Chief Veterinary Officer advises that he or she suspects them of contamination from premises already declared to be suspect premises or from a suspected case of disease outside Wales.

(2) The National Assembly must declare premises (other than infected or suspect premises) to be contact premises if the Chief Veterinary Officer advises either—

(a) that disease may have been carried there from any premises, or

(b) that disease may have been carried to any premises from there,

and in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) “premises” includes premises outside Wales.

(3) Declarations under this article must be by notice served on the occupier.

(4) The National Assembly must ensure that any premises declared to be suspect or contact premises under this article are subjected to investigation in accordance with article 12 as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(5) Where, following a declaration under article 13(1), premises are to be regarded as consisting of separate production units, the National Assembly must amend any declaration under paragraph (2) to specify to or from which units disease may have been carried and only those units so specified are to form the contact premises.

(6) Schedule 2 applies in respect of suspect or contact premises declared under this article.