The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Wales) Order 2001

Powers of inspectors, etc.

6.—(1) Where an inspector is satisfied that a means of transport, or any equipment carried with the means of transport, either—

(a) has not been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with this Order; or

(b) needs to be cleansed and disinfected because it may give rise to a risk of transmission of disease,

the inspector may serve a notice on any person appearing to the inspector to be in charge of that means of transport or equipment.

(2) A notice served under the preceding paragraph may—

(a) prohibit the use of the means of transport or the equipment until it has been cleaned and disinfected;

(b) prohibit the keeping of animals on the means of transport until it has been cleaned and disinfected;

(c) require the person on whom the notice is served to cleanse and disinfect the means of transport or the equipment within any period specified in the notice; or

(d) require the person on whom the notice is served to dispose of all feedingstuffs to which the animals have had access, bedding, excreta and other material of animal origin in the way set out in the notice.

(3) If a notice is served under the preceding paragraph, the cleansing and disinfection shall be carried out in accordance with Schedule 1 unless the notice specifies a different method of cleansing and disinfection.

(4) An inspector may serve a notice on any person who is required to carry out cleansing and disinfection in accordance with articles 3 or 4 requiring that person to cleanse and disinfect it as specified in the notice instead of in accordance with Schedule 1 if the inspector is satisfied that this is necessary for animal health purposes.

(5) Where a person fails to comply with a notice served under this article, an inspector may arrange for the provisions of the notice to be complied with at the expense of the person on whom the notice was served.