DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958

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DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 4



4.(1) Every person having in his possession or under his charge an animal
affected with disease shall

(a)as far as practicable keep that animal separate from animals not so
affected; and

(b)with all practicable speed give notice of the fact of the animal being so
affected to the Ministry or to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
stationed in the district wherein the animal so affected is.

[(1A) Any person who knows or suspects that an animal (whether in captivity or
not) is affected with rabies shall give notice of that fact to a member of the
Royal Ulster Constabulary unless

(a)he believes on reasonable grounds that another person has given notice
under this section in respect of that animal, or

(b)he is exempted from doing so by an order under section 53;

(2) A veterinary surgeon who examines any animal or the carcase of any animal
and is of the opinion or suspects that the animal is diseased or was diseased
when it died or when it was slaughtered shall with all practicable speed give
notice of the disease or suspicion of disease to the Ministry or to a member
of the Royal Ulster Constabulary stationed in the district in which the animal
or carcase is.

(3) The member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to whom notice is given shall
forthwith give information thereof to such person or authority as the Ministry
by general order directs.

(4) The Ministry may make such orders as it thinks fit for prescribing and
regulating the notice to be given to or by any person or authority in case of
any particular disease or in case of the illness of an animal and for
supplementing or varying for those purposes any of the provisions of this
section.

(5) Where the Ministry is satisfied of the occurrence of any disease
communicable to man, the Ministry shall forthwith notify the [10Health and
Social Services Board established under Article 16 of the Health and Personal
Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972] within whose area that disease
has occurred.

(6) The Ministry may by order prescribe and regulate the separation of
diseased poultry from poultry not affected with disease, and the notification
of disease in or illness of poultry.

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DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 4