Notification of disease in bovine animalsE+W
8.—(1) Any person who—
(a)has possession or charge of any bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal;
(b)in the course of the person’s practice as a veterinary surgeon examines a bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal; or
(c)in the course of the person’s duties inspects, for any purpose, a bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal,
must notify the Welsh Ministers immediately.
[F1(1A) A person, other than the keeper, who is making a notification under paragraph (1) must also notify the keeper of their suspicion.]
(2) Any person who has possession or charge of any bovine animal which the person suspects is or may be an affected animal must, pending conclusion of the veterinary inquiry under article 10 and the service of any notice under that article, immediately–
(a)detain that animal on the premises where it then is;
(b)isolate it as far as practicable from other bovine animals; and
(c)adopt precautions with respect to milk produced by that animal as if a notice under article 10 had already been served.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 8(1A) inserted (1.2.2024) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1423), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 2 (with art. 3)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 8 in force at 25.5.2010, see art. 1