55.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) an inspector may, notwithstanding the existence of any public footpath or other right of way, prohibit the entry of any person onto any premises in a protection zone by causing a notice to that effect to be displayed at every entrance to that premises.
(2) A person other than—
(a)the owner of any animal on that premises or a person authorised by him, who enters for the purpose of tending to that animal; or
(b)a person entering under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector,
shall not enter any premises in respect of which a notice is displayed under paragraph (1).
(3) A person shall not remove or alter any notice displayed under this regulation except at the direction of an inspector.
(4) Any prohibition on entry to premises imposed under this regulation is revoked if the declaration creating the protection zone in question is amended in accordance with regulation 34 so that the protection zone becomes part of a surveillance zone.
(5) Any prohibition on entry to premises imposed under this regulation may be revoked in whole or in part by—
(a)the removal of all relevant notices in accordance with the directions of an inspector; or
(b)a declaration of the Department.