Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

4.  For Article 6 there shall be substituted the following Article—

“Affected or suspected and exposed animals

6.— (1) Where, in the opinion of the Department, there is an affected or suspected animal, or the carcase of such an animal, on any premises it may serve a notice in the form set out in Schedule 1, on the owner or person in charge of that animal or carcase.

(2) Where, in the opinion of the Department, there is an exposed animal or the carcase of such an animal, on any premises, it may serve a notice in the form set out in Schedule 2 on the owner or person in charge of that animal or carcase.

(3) Where a notice has been served on any person under paragraph (1) or (2), the requirements and prohibitions set out therein shall have effect and it shall be the duty of that person to ensure that they are complied with.

(4) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), a notice served under paragraph (1) or (2) shall remain in force for a period of 28 days beginning on and including the day on which it is served.

(5) The Department may, from time to time, in accordance with paragraph (6) renew or further renew, any notice served under paragraph (1) or (2) for, on each such occasion, a period of 28 days beginning on and including the day after that notice would otherwise have expired.

(6) A notice served on a person under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be renewed, or further renewed, by a notice in writing served on that person before the date on which the notice which it renews, or further renews, would otherwise have expired.

(7) A notice served on a person under paragraph (1) or (2) may be withdrawn at any time by a notice in the form set out in Schedule 3 served on that person.”.