Veterinary inquiries and sampling
12.—(1) The National Assembly must, if it suspects that poultry or other captive birds on or moved from premises the subject of a notice under article 10 may be infected with avian influenza, ensure that a veterinary inquiry is started at those premises as soon as reasonably practicable to ascertain whether the disease exists or has existed there.
(2) The National Assembly must, if it authorises a veterinary inspector or another veterinary surgeon to take samples from poultry or other captive birds on other premises or other than for the purposes of such a veterinary inquiry, direct (by notice to the occupier of the premises) whether any of the requirements set out in Schedule 1 apply to the premises where the samples are taken.