The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 No. 42

PART IV GENERAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Offences: no knowledge of restriction or requirement

59.  A person shall not be guilty of failing to comply with a restriction or requirement which applies because of the declaration of—

(a) a temporary control zone,

(b) a supplementary movement control zone,

(c) a protection zone,

(d) a surveillance zone,

(e) a restricted zone, or

(f) a wild animal infected zone,

if he shows to the court’s satisfaction that he did not know of that restriction or requirement and that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge of it.