The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (England) (No. 6) Order 2001

Disposal of manure, slurry, and litter

22.—(1) No person shall—

(a) move any manure, slurry or litter out of an infected area;

(b) discharge any slurry produced in an infected area by means of equipment which produces a jet or spray of liquid, unless the discharge point of the jet or spray is—

(i) directed downwards at an angle of not less than 45° from horizontal; and

(ii) not more than 1 metre above ground level;

(c) move any manure, slurry or litter in a manner likely to cause spillage—

(i) on a highway; or

(ii) on any premises other than the premises on which that manure, slurry or litter was produced; or

(d) permit any animal to come into contact with any manure, slurry or litter produced on premises in an infected area, other than at the premises on which the animal is kept.

(2) The owner or person in charge of any container or vehicle used to carry manure, slurry or litter in an infected area shall cleanse and disinfect the outside surface and wheels of that container or vehicle immediately before and immediately after each occasion on which it is so used except when it is used on the premises on which that manure, slurry or litter was produced.