3.—(1) Any owner or person in charge of a hive who knows or suspects that–
(a)any bees from the hive are infected with a notifiable disease; or
(b)a notifiable pest is present in the hive; or
(c)a notifiable pest is present on or in the same premises or vehicle as the hive,
must immediately notify that fact to the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Any other person who–
(a)has possession or charge of; or
(b)discovers in the course of that person’s occupation,
a bee pest that that person knows or suspects is a notifiable pest must immediately notify that fact to the Scottish Ministers.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to any person who has possession or charge of a bee pest, or who discovers a bee pest, in the course of that person’s occupation at a laboratory to which samples have been sent for testing for the purposes of this Order.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 3 in force at 1.12.2007, see art. 1(1)