(1)A veterinary inspector may at any time enter any premises for the purpose of ascertaining—
(a)whether disease anti-bodies exist in animals on the premises;
(b)whether any animal on the premises or which was kept there at any time is, or was at that time, infected with disease;
(c)whether any causative agent of disease is present on the premises.
(2)Disease is foot-and-mouth disease and such other disease as the Secretary of State may by order specify.
(3)No order may be made under subsection (2) unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
(4)Causative agent includes any virus, bacterium and any other organism or infectious substance which may cause or transmit disease.
(5)In this section and sections 62E and 62F premises includes any land, building or other place.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 62D-62F inserted (E.W.) (14.1.2003) by 2002 c. 42, s. 9; S.I. 2002/3044, art. 2