PART 4Notification and control of disease outbreaks

Contents and publication of an initial designation25

1

An initial designation must—

a

be in the form of a written notice;

b

describe the initial designation area;

c

describe the circumstances in which a person commits an offence under regulation 24(3);

d

specify any consent given by the competent authority under regulation 24(3).

2

An initial designation may specify that—

a

any equipment, material or substance liable to transmit disease must not be moved into, out of or within the initial designation area or any part of that area;

b

any means of transport liable to transmit disease must not be moved into, out of or within that area or any part of that area.

3

The competent authority must serve a copy of an initial designation on any person it considers likely to be materially affected by the making of the designation.

4

It is an offence not to comply with any restriction imposed under paragraph (2).