Notification of disease in carcasesE+W
9.—(1) Any person who—
(a)has possession or charge of any carcase that is affected with or suspected of being affected with tuberculosis;
(b)in the course of the person’s practice as a veterinary surgeon, examines a carcase that is affected with or suspected of being affected with tuberculosis; or
(c)in the course of the person’s duties inspects, for any purpose, a carcase that is affected with or suspected of being affected with tuberculosis,
must notify the Welsh Ministers immediately.
(2) A person who has possession or charge of a carcase mentioned in paragraph (1) must detain it on the premises where it then is [F1and must isolate it as far as practicable from bovine animals or other farmed or pet mammals] until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 9(2) inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 2 (with art. 3)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 9 in force at 25.5.2010, see art. 1