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The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
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Movement of a susceptible animalN.I.
4.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph a person shall not move any susceptible animal from or to the premises.
(2) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a susceptible animal leaving contact premises (other than contact premises in a temporary control zone)—
(a)under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector and after the incubation periods for all susceptible animals on the premises have elapsed, calculated from the date of imposition of the measures in this Schedule; or
(b)where the movement is direct to a slaughterhouse for emergency slaughter and is under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector.
(3) An inspector shall not grant a licence under sub-paragraph (2)(b) unless he is satisfied that the animals to be moved have been clinically examined by a veterinary surgeon with a negative result and the slaughterhouse is the nearest slaughterhouse to the premises with capacity to slaughter the animals.
(4) A person in charge of a vehicle used to move susceptible animals under the authority of a licence granted under sub-paragraph (2)(b) shall ensure that it is cleansed and disinfected in accordance with regulation 42.
(5) Such cleansing and disinfection shall be undertaken—
(a)before loading;
(b)after loading and before leaving the premises of origin (the wheels and wheel arches of the vehicle only); and
(c)after unloading and before leaving the premises of destination.
(6) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an animal entering or leaving a free unit (other than a free unit in a temporary control zone).
(7) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the movement of an animal leaving infected premises for slaughter under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector.
(8) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to movement from one part of premises to another part of the same premises using a public highway not bordering other premises if it is authorised by a licence granted by an inspector.
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I1Sch. 1 para. 4 in operation at 23.2.2006, see reg. 1
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