The Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

[F1Department's powers of enforcementN.I.

32F—(1) This Article applies if the Department is satisfied that a person to whom a restriction notice has been given has failed to comply with one or more of the restrictions or requirements imposed on that person by Article 32C.

(2) But it does not apply in relation to any livestock—

(a)which is the subject of an appeal under Article 32D which has not been disposed of, or

(b)which, as the result of a successful appeal, is no longer subject to the restriction notice.

(3) The Department may take such reasonable steps as it considers appropriate to secure that the failure is remedied.

(4) In particular, the Department may—

(a)cause to be destroyed any semen, egg or embryo which has not been destroyed as required by Article 32C(8);

(b)cause to be castrated (or, as appropriate, sterilised) or slaughtered any livestock—

(i)which is the subject of the notice, but

(ii)which has neither been castrated (or, as appropriate, sterilised) within the period mentioned in Article 32C(9)(a) nor slaughtered within the period mentioned in Article 32C(9)(b).

(5) The Department may by order make provision supplementing the provisions of this Article.]