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Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

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Facilities for disinfection etc.

72Provision of facilities for disinfection etc.

(1)Each local authority must provide or ensure the provision, for its area, of—

(a)facilities and equipment for—

(i)the disinfection of;

(ii)the disinfestation of;

(iii)the decontamination of; and

(iv)other connected operations in relation to,

things and premises which are infected, infested or contaminated;

(b)facilities and equipment for the destruction of such things; and

(c)means for transporting such things to such facilities and equipment.

(2)An authority may comply with subsection (1)(a) and (b) by providing or ensuring the provision of mobile facilities and equipment only; and, where it does so, subsection (1)(c) does not apply.

(3)An authority may enter into an agreement with any person for the provision by that person of the facilities, equipment and means of transport referred to in subsection (1).

(4)Facilities and equipment provided under subsection (1) need not be in the area of the local authority.

(5)In this Part—

  • “contaminated” includes having been exposed to—

    (a)

    a person who is contaminated;

    (b)

    a contaminant; or

    (c)

    an animal or insect which is contaminated;

  • “infected” includes having been exposed to—

    (a)

    a person who has an infectious disease;

    (b)

    an organism which causes any such disease; or

    (c)

    an animal or insect which—

    (i)

    has or carries an organism which causes an infectious disease; or

    (ii)

    has or carries an infectious disease,

    which is a risk to human health; and

  • “infested” means infested with an animal or insect which—

    (a)

    has or carries an organism which causes an infectious disease; or

    (b)

    has or carries an infectious disease,

    which is a risk to human health.

(6)In subsection (5), “animal” means a vertebrate other than a human.

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