The Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987

Rules to be observed in an infected place

7.—(1) Any premises declared to be an infected place shall be subject to such of the following rules as are set out in the notice declaring them to be an infected place, namely—

• Rule 1. Any horse or carcase which is affected or suspected of being affected with disease shall be isolated from all other horses in the infected place and detained there in such manner as may be directed by a veterinary inspector.

• Rule 2. No person shall move a horse or carcase into or out of the infected place, or cause or permit a horse or carcase to be so moved, except under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence is issued.

• Rule 3. No person shall move out of the infected place, or cause or permit to be so moved, any fodder, manure, bedding, vehicle, equipment or other thing used or intended to be used for or in connection with horses except under the authority of a licence issued by an officer of the appropriate Minister and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence is issued.

• Rule 4. No person shall—

  (a)

  enter any part of the infected place except under the authority of a licence issued by an officer of the appropriate Minister and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence is issued, and unless he is wearing overall clothing and boots which are capable of being disinfected or which are disposable; or

  (b)

  leave any part of the infected place without first washing his hands and either thoroughly cleansing and disinfecting with an approved disinfectant his overall clothing and boots or removing them and leaving them on the infected place.

• Rule 5. The occupier or person in charge of the infected place shall maintain a footbath containing such disinfectant as shall be specified by an inspector in a convenient position at every exit from the infected place, and shall renew the disinfectant daily and whenever so directed by an inspector.

• Rule 6. The occupier of the infected place shall, if so required by a veterinary inspector, erect and maintain to the satisfaction of a veterinary inspector fly-proof screens at any place in which any horse or carcase is isolated in accordance with Rule 1 above.

• Rule 7. The owner or person in charge of any horse in an infected place shall take all such steps as may be necessary to prevent it from straying from that place.

• Rule 8. Notice of the death or slaughter of any horse in an infected place shall be given, with all practicable speed, to the Divisional Veterinary Officer. The carcase of any such horse shall be disposed of only with the consent, and under the direction, of the Divisional Veterinary Officer.

• Rule 9. No person, other than a veterinary surgeon acting in accordance with an approval given by the Divisional Veterinary Officer, shall cut the skin of any carcase in an infected place.

• Rule 10.—

  (1)

  A notice supplied by the appropriate Minister stating that the premises are an infected place shall be exhibited at every entrance to the infected place.

  (2)

  No person shall alter, remove or deface such a notice.

(2) A veterinary inspector may by notice in writing served on the occupier or the person in charge of the infected place direct that—

(a) such additional rules as may be specified in the notice shall apply to the infected place; or

(b) any of the rules set out in the notice in Form A shall cease to apply to the infected place, or shall be modified to the extent or in the manner specified in the notice.