7.—(1) This paragraph applies to hides and skins of susceptible animals originating in a protection zone or surveillance zone.
(2) No person is permitted to sell or consign for sale any animal product to which this paragraph applies unless either—
(a)it was—
(i)produced before the date 21 days before the earliest infection date in the protection zone, or in the case of a surveillance zone, the associated protection zone, and
(ii)at all times stored separately from hides and skins which were not so produced; or
(b)it has been treated so that it falls within paragraph 2 of Schedule 5.