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20.—(1) Where the Secretary of State proposes to cause bovine animals to be slaughtered under the powers conferred by section 32 of the Act in its application to brucellosis, an approved veterinary surgeon may serve a notice of intended slaughter on the owner or person in charge of the animal—
(a)informing that person of the proposed slaughter; and
(b)requiring that person to detain the animal pending slaughter and isolate it as far as practicable from other animals as may be specified.
(2) The person on whom such a notice is served must not move the animal off the premises, or cause or permit it to be moved off the premises, except under the authority of a licence issued by an officer.
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