PART IIRELATING TO CASES OF SHEEP SCAB OR SUSPECTED SHEEP SCAB
Notification of sheep scab or suspected sheep scab3
1
A person who has in his possession or under his charge any affected sheep or affected carcase, and any veterinary surgeon who examines any such sheep or carcase, shall, with all practicable speed, notify the fact to a police constable, or to an inspector of the local authority, for the area in which the sheep or carcase is, or to the Divisional Veterinary Officer.
2
If notification is given under paragraph (1) above to a constable or to an inspector of the local authority, he shall immediately transmit the information contained in it by the most expeditious means–
a
in the case of a constable, to the Divisional Veterinary Officer and to an inspector of the local authority; or
b
in the case of an inspector of the local authority, to the Divisional Veterinary Officer.