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3.—(1) Where the condition set out in paragraph (2) is satisfied, an animal pathogen which would otherwise fall within section 58(4)(b) of the Act is not to be regarded as a dangerous substance.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), that condition is that the animal pathogen for the time being mentioned in Schedule 5 to the Act infects or is otherwise carried by:
(a)any animal, alive or dead, or anything which is or was a part to it;
(b)any human corpse, or any part of it;
(c)any food or food source within the meaning of the Food Safety Act 1990(1); or
(d)any feeding stuff.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply if the occupier of the premises where any of the things set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of that paragraph is kept:
(a)knows or ought reasonably to have known that the thing in question had been deliberately infected by an animal pathogen or that it otherwise carries such a pathogen as a result of a deliberate act; and
(b)keeps the thing in question for longer than is reasonably practicable for its disposal.
(4) In paragraph (2)(d) “feeding stuff” means—
(a)a product of vegetable or animal origin in its natural state (whether fresh or preserved);
(b)a product derived from the industrial processing of such a product; or
(c)an organic or inorganic substance, used by itself or in a mixture;
whether or not containing additives, for oral feeding to animals.
1990 c.16; “food” and “food source” are defined by section 1.
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