PART VIIIGENERAL MEASURES ON SUSPICION OR CONFIRMATION OF AVIAN INFLUENZA

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1

Before causing poultry or other birds to be killed under paragraph 11 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Order, the Department must give notice of its intention to do so to the occupier of the premises where the birds are kept or to their keeper.

2

Before causing any mammal to be killed under paragraph 10 of Part I to Schedule 2 of the 1981 Order, the Department must give notice of its intention to do so to the occupier of the premises where the mammal is kept or to its keeper.

3

Before causing the seizure of any thing under Article 6 of the 1981 Order, the Department must give notice of its intention to do so—

a

to the occupier of the premises where the thing is kept; or

b

to the owner or keeper of the thing.