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Article 8
1.—(1) The licensee shall ensure that any person entering the licensed premises is made aware that the premises are licensed under this Order, whether by means of a system of notices or otherwise.
(2) The licensee shall provide footbaths containing approved disinfectant at exits from the animal area and at any loading and unloading bay, and facilities on the licensed premises for changing, cleaning and disinfecting clothes and disposing of disposable clothes.
(3) The licensee shall—
(a)ensure that animals are unloaded and re-loaded in the animal area, and
(b)ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that animals do not leave the animal area except on a vehicle.
2.—(1) No person shall enter licensed premises wearing outer clothing visibly contaminated with animal excreta or other animal contamination.
(2) If a person in the animal area is wearing outer clothing visibly contaminated with animal excreta or other animal contamination, on leaving the animal area he shall immediately clean his clothing of gross contamination (unless the clothing is to be disposed of) and either—
(a)disinfect it;
(b)change into clean clothing;
(c)dispose of it; or
(d)leave the licensed premises.
(3) If a person outside the animal area is wearing outer clothing visibly contaminated with animal excreta or other animal contamination, an inspector may serve on him a notice giving him the option of immediately—
(a)cleaning his outer clothing,
(b)changing into clean clothing,
(c)disposing of disposable clothing, or
(d)leaving the licensed premises.
3. Any person leaving the animal area must cleanse and disinfect their footwear in the footbath provided.
4.—(1) No person shall bring on to or take from the licensed premises any vehicle or equipment carried with that vehicle that is contaminated with animal excreta.
(2) This paragraph shall not apply to—
(a)any vehicle or equipment contaminated with excreta from animals being carried on the vehicle at the time it is brought on to the licensed premises;
(b)any vehicle or equipment contaminated with excreta from animals which have been unloaded from the vehicle on the licensed premises;
(c)any vehicle or equipment brought on to the licensed premises solely for cleansing and disinfection, if taken directly to the cleansing and disinfection facilities immediately upon arrival.
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