Disinfection of vehicles

(1) Any cart, van, truck or other vehicle used for the conveyance of any animal or carcass thereof into, within or out of an infected area, or with respect to which any inspector shall issue a notice requiring disinfection, shall as soon as practicable after each occasion on which it is so used, and before any other animal or any fodder or litter, or any other thing intended to be used for or about animals is placed therein, be disinfected, cleansed, and again disinfected by, and at the expense of, the owner thereof or the person using or the person in charge of the same in the following manner– (a) the floor, roof, sides and ends of the inside of the vehicle and the sides and ends of the outside of the vehicle and all other parts thereof with which any animal or its droppings or discharges have or may have come in contact, shall be scraped and swept, and the scrapings and sweepings and all dung, sawdust, litter and other matter shall be effectually removed therefrom, the same parts of the vehicle shall then be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water, and then be disinfected by being thoroughly coated or washed with a disinfectant approved by an inspector; (b) the scrapings and sweepings of the vehicle and all dung, sawdust, litter, bedding and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime and buried or burnt. (2) Every crate, box, hamper, loading board, rope, net or other apparatus used in connection with the conveyance of animals as aforesaid shall, on each occasion when the vehicle is required by this regulation to be cleansed and disinfected, be thoroughly cleansed and then be disinfected by being thoroughly coated, washed or saturated with a disinfectant approved by an inspector, and at the expense of the owner or person using or the person in charge of the vehicle. (3) If the owner or the person using, or the person in charge of any vehicle or other thing used for or in connection with the conveyance of an animal as aforesaid, fails to cleanse and disinfect to the satisfaction of an inspector, the vehicle or thing as required by this regulation or by a notice served by an inspector, it shall be lawful for the Chief Agricultural Officer to cause such vehicle to be cleansed and disinfected and to recover from such owner or person the expense of such cleansing and disinfection as a civil debt.