PART 2NOTIFICATION OF SUSPICION OF AUJESZKY'S DISEASE

Notification of suspicion of disease5

1

A person who—

a

is in possession or in charge of a pig or carcase; or

b

inspects or examines a pig or carcase; and

c

suspects the pig to be diseased or the pig or carcase to be contaminated with Aujeszky's disease virus,

shall immediately notify the Department.

2

A person who examines a sample taken from a pig or carcase and who—

a

suspects that it is contaminated with Aujeszky's disease virus; or

b

detects pathological evidence of Aujeszky's Disease Virus or evidence of antibodies to, or antigens of, that virus,

shall immediately notify the Department.

3

Failure to comply with this article is an offence.

4

Information required to be given under paragraph (1) or (2) shall include—

a

the address of the premises on which the pig or carcase was kept;

b

the name and address of the keeper;

c

where it relates to a breeding pig or the carcase of a breeding pig, the individual identification mark of that pig; and

d

the holding code of the keeper.