Prohibitions and notifications in relation to specified animal pathogens

4.—(1) No person may have in their possession–

(a) any animal pathogen specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1;

(b) any carrier in which they know such a pathogen is present,

except under the authority of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) No person may deliberately introduce into any animal a specified animal pathogen, except under the authority of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers.

(3) A person must immediately notify the Scottish Ministers if that person–

(a) has possession of any thing in respect of which they have reasonable grounds for suspecting that an animal pathogen specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 is present; and

(b) is not acting under the authority of a licence in respect of that pathogen.