PART IIIMEASURES FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION OF DISEASE

Slaughter: cleansing and disinfection of premises other than slaughterhouses

27.—(1) This regulation applies to any premises, other than a slaughterhouse, where the Department has caused the slaughter of an animal under paragraph 3, 3A or 3B of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Order and to any vehicle on those premises after—

(a)disposal of all carcases from those premises in accordance with regulation 24; and

(b)if regulation 26(2) applies, isolation of the items referred to in that paragraph.

(2) The Department shall ensure that every building, other part of the premises, vehicle used to carry a susceptible animal and any other thing or place on the premises normally used by an animal which may be contaminated is cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 3.

(3) The Department shall ensure that any part of the premises normally used by humans to the exclusion of an animal (including a dwelling) it suspects to be contaminated is cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 3.