FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE ORDER OF 1928. Dated February 24, 1928.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1928/133 |
| Year | 1928 |
1928 No. 133
ANIMALS
(6) Foot-and-Mouth Disease
(i) General Provisions
THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE ORDER OF 1928. DATED FEBRUARY 24, 1928.[This Order is printed as amended by Order, dated March 3, 1938 (S.R. & O. 1938 (No. 192) p. 151).]
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in him under the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1927, and of every other power enabling him in this behalf, hereby orders as follows:—
Notice of Disease.
1.—(1) Every person having or having had in his possession or under his charge an animal or carcase affected with or suspected of being affected with foot-and-mouth disease shall with all practicable speed give notice of the fact of the animal or carcase being so affected or suspected to a constable of the police force for the police area wherein the animal or carcase so affected or suspected is or was..
(2) A veterinary surgeon who examines any animal or the carcase of any animal, and is of opinion that the animal is affected with foot-and-mouth disease, or was so affected when it died or was slaughtered or suspects that the animal or carcase is or was so affected shall with all practicable speed give notice of the affection or suspicion of affection to a constable of the police force for the police area in which the animal or carcase is or was.
(3) The constable receiving any such notice shall immediately
(i) transmit the information to the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.1, by telegraph,
(ii) transmit the information by the most expeditious means to the Veterinary Inspector appointed for the time being by the Minister to receive such information within the area wherein the animal or carcase is; and
(iii) give information of the receipt by him of the notice forthwith to an Inspector of the Local Authority, who shall forthwith report the same to the Local Authority and to the Medical Officer of Health.
(4) A veterinary surgeon who under and in accordance with this Article gives notice of the existence or suspected existence of foot-and-mouth disease shall be entitled to receive from the Minister a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each notification. Where two or more animals or carcases are examined by a veterinary surgeon on the same premises and at the same time and are found to be affected with foot-and-mouth disease, or are suspected of being so affected, one fee only shall be payable to him in respect of the notification of the exsietnce or suspected existence of foot-and-mouth disease in such animals or carcases.(a)
(a) Article 1 as substituted for Articles 1 and 2 by S.R. & O. 1938 No. 192.
2. [Revoked by S.R. & O. 1938 No. 192.]
Procedure of Inspectors of Local Authority. Declaration of Infected Place.
3.—(1) An Inspector of a Local Authority who (a) receives notice under the preceding Articles or (b) has reasonable ground for suspecting that foot-and-mouth disease exists or has within fifty-six days existed on any premises, shall transmit the information forthwith to the Veterinary Inspector as in sub-paragraph 3 (ii) of Article 1 of this Order, if this has not already been done by a police constable, and shall then forthwith serve a Notice (in the Form A set forth in the First Schedule to this Order or to the like effect) on the occupier of the premises on which there is or was the animal or carcase to which the notice of disease refers, or on the occupier of the premises on which he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that foot-and-mouth disease exists or has within fifty-six days existed, as the case may be, and shall in such Notice specify the limits of the Infected Place.(a)
(2) On service of such Notice the premises shall become an Infected Place within the limits specified by the Notice and be subject to the Rules contained in Article 7 of this Order.
(3) The Inspector of the Local Authority shall forthwith send a copy of the Notice (Form A) to the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.1., and shall at the same time send copies of the Notice to the Local Authority and to the police officer in charge of the nearest police station of the district.
(4) Every such Inspector on leaving any premises on which foot-and-mouth disease exists, or is suspected to exist, shall thoroughly disinfect his boots and hands and shall also disinfect his clothes if they have been brought in contact with infection.
(5) Subject as hereinafter provided, the rules applied to an Infected Place by a Notice under this Article shall continue in force until such Notice is withdrawn by a further Notice (in the Form B set forth in the First Schedule to this Order or to the like effect) served by an Inspector or Officer of the Ministry on the occupier of the Infected Place.
(6) The limits of an Infected Place may at any time be altered by an Inspector or Officer of the Ministry by Notice in writing served on the occupier of the Infected Place. Copies of any Notice so served shall be sent by the Inspector or Officer to the Ministry, the Local Authority and the police officer in charge of the nearest police station of the district.
Veterinary Enquiry by Ministry.
4.—(1) Where by reason of information received under the preceding Articles or otherwise there is ground for suspecting that foot-and-mouth disease exists or has within fifty-six days existed on any premises, a Veterinary Inspector shall enquire as to the correctness of such information and examine the animals and any carcases on such premises. The opinion of the Veterinary Inspector as to the existence or otherwise of foot-and-mouth disease shall be subject to confirmation by the Minister(a).
(a) Paragraph (1) as amended by S.R. & O. 1938 No. 192.
(b) Paragraph (1) as substituted by S.R. & O. 1938 No. 192.
(2) For the purposes of this Article the Veterinary Inspector may enter on any part of the premises and the occupier of the premises and the persons in his employment shall render such reasonable assistance to the Inspector as may be required for all or any of the purposes of this Article.(a)
(3) Every such Veterinary Inspector before entering any premises in which foot-and-mouth disease exists or is suspected to exist shall put on suitable boots and overall clothing which are capable of being disinfected, and immediately before leaving such premises shall thoroughly disinfect his boots, overall clothing and hands.(a)
(4) (a) The owner and occupier of any premises on which there is or has been an animal affected with, or suspected of being affected with foot-and-mouth disease, or the carcase of any such animal, and the veterinary surgeon, if any, who has been attending or been consulted respecting the said animal or carcase, and any person who has been in charge of the animal or carcase or in any manner exposed to infection by contact with it or otherwise shall give all reasonable facilities for an enquiry under this Article and generally for the due execution and enforcement of the provisions of this Order by the Ministry, the Local Authority and their officers.
(b) Any such owner, occupier, veterinary surgeon, or person as aforesaid shall, if so required by the Ministry or Local Authority or their officers, give such information as he possesses as to the animal or carcase and as to any other animal with which he may have come in contact on any premises where animals are or were kept which he may have visited.
Suspected cases to be certified by Veterinary Inspector.
5.—(1) In any case where a Veterinary Inspector on inspection of an animal or the carcase of an animal is of opinion that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting the animal or carcase to be affected with foot-and-mouth disease he shall sign a certificate to that effect (in the Form C set forth in the First Schedule to this Order or to the like effect) and send the same to the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.1.
(2) The Inspector shall forthwith by telegraph or other speedy means give notice that he has signed such certificate, stating the place to which the certificate relates and the date and hour on which it was signed—
(a) to the Chief Constable of any police area which is wholly or partly within a radius of five miles from the place of the suspected outbreak; and
(b) to the station master of the railway station nearest to the place of the suspected outbreak; and
(c) to the Clerk of the Local Authority of each District in which any land within such radius of five miles is situate.
Restrictions to operate immediately on certification of suspected case.
6.—(1) Where a certificate has been signed by a Veterinary Inspector under the preceding Article it shall thereupon be unlawful for any person to move any animal out of the area lying within a radius of five miles from the place of the suspected outbreak, or along, over or across a highway, road or lane in such area except:—
(a) Paragraphs (2) and (3) as substituted by S.R. & O. 1938 No. 192.
(a) where such movement is through the area by railway and the animal is not untrucked in the area; or
(b) where the movement, being movement entirely within the area, is necessary or expedient for the detention of the animal.
(2) An Inspector of the Ministry, acting in accordance with any general or special directions given by the Minister, may extend the area by a notice to that effect signed by the Inspector, and the aforesaid restrictions shall thereupon apply to the area so extended. The Inspector shall forthwith notify the signing of such notice—
(a) to the Chief Constable of any police area which is wholly or partly within such extended area; and
(b) to the station master of the railway station nearest to the place of the outbreak or suspected outbreak; and
(c) to the Clerk of the Local Authority of each District in which any land within such extended area is situate.
(3) The restrictions imposed by this Article...
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