Rules to be observed in infected place

(1) Any place or premises declared to be an infected place under regulation 4 of these Regulations shall be subject to the following rulesRule 1. No cloven-hoofed animal shall be moved into or out of an infected place except under the terms of a licence granted by an inspector. 556 Rule 2. No horse, ass or mule shall be moved out of an infected place unless it has been disinfected to the satisfaction of an inspector and in accordance with a licence granted by the inspector. Rule 3. No carcass shall be moved out of an infected place except in accordance with the terms of a licence granted by an inspector. Rule 4. No live poultry, rabbit, dog, cat or other animal or any portion of the carcass of such animal or poultry shall be removed out of an infected place except in accordance with the conditions set out in a licence granted by an inspector. Rule 5. No fodder, litter, dung, utensil, vehicle or other thing shall be removed from an infected place except in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by an inspector. Rule 6. All liquid manure, urine or shed washings shall be thoroughly disinfected to the satisfaction of an inspector before being permitted to escape from any shed, yard or other place in which a suspected or diseased animal is or has recently been kept. Rule 7. No person other than an inspector shall enter or leave an infected place except in accordance with a written permit from an inspector. Rule 8. Any person whomsoever entering any shed, field or other place in which a diseased or suspected animal is or has recently been kept shall wear suitable overall clothing and boots which are capable of being disinfected and are approved by an inspector, and shall before leaving such place thoroughly cleanse and disinfect such clothing and boots and also his hands. Rule 9. Where any inspector so directs, any person upon leaving a shed, field or other place in which a diseased or suspected animal is or has recently been kept, shall leave such clothing as the inspector may direct in such shed, field or other place and shall thoroughly disinfect his hands and boots. Rule 10. Any person attending a diseased or suspected animal shall not attend an animal not so diseased or suspected except with a written permit from an inspector. Rule 11. A receptacle containing an approved disinfectant shall be kept at all exits and at such other parts of the infected place as the inspector may direct. Rule 12. Milk from any animal shall not be moved from an infected place, and unless and until such milk has been boiled it shall not be used for the feeding of animals, and any utensil in which such milk is placed before being so treated shall be thoroughly sterilised with boiling water or by other means to the satisfaction of an inspector before any other milk is placed therein. (2) An inspector acting under the direction of the Chief Agricultural Officer may by notice in writing to the occupier of an infected place direct that– (a) such additional rules as may be specified in such notice, shall apply to the infected place; (b) any of the rules prescribed in this regulation shall cease to apply to the infected place or shall be modified in the manner specified in such notice. (3) Unless the Minister shall in any particular case otherwise direct, the inspector shall as soon as is practicable after the issuance of an Order of the Minister confirming any premises to be an infected place, arrange for, and undertake the valuation 558 and slaughter of all cloven hoofed animals in the same field, shed or other place, or in the same herd or flock, or otherwise in contact with diseased animals, or in any way exposed to infection with foot and mouth disease and the disposal of the carcasses of such animals by cremating or by other means authorised by the Chief Agricultural Officer, and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.