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(2) For the purpose of such examination a Veterinary Inspector may at all
reasonable hours enter on any part of the premises and examine any bovine
animal thereon, and require any cow to be milked in his presence, and may
take samples of the milk, and the milk of any particular teat shall, if he so
require, be kept separate, and separate samples thereof shall be furnished.
(3) The Inspector may also take samples of the feces or urine of any
bovine animal on the premises, or of any abnormal discharge from any bovine
animal thereon.
(4) 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, and any person refusing such assistance
shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894.
(5) The Inspector shall, as soon as possible, send to the Local Authority a
report showing the result of his inspection and examination and of the
examination of any cample taken by him. The Local Authority, if not
themselves the Sanitary Authority, shall send a copy of the report to that
Authority.
(6) If the report of the Inspector as to any animal does not show that it is
suffering from tuberculosis of the udder, or giving tuberculous milk, or
emaciated from tuberculosis, the Local Authority shall forthwith give notice
in writing to the owner or person in charge thereof that the provisions of this
Order relating to precautions to be adopted with respect to milk and detention
and isolation of suspected animals have ceased to apply to the animal.
4.—Slaughter of Diseased Animals.
4.—(1) Where a Local Authority are satisfied by the report of the.
Inspector that in their district there is a cow which is suffering from tuberculosis
of the udder, or giving tuberculous milk, or a bovine animal which is
emaciated from tuberculosis, the Local Authority shall with all practicable
speed give notice in writing (in the Form set forth in the Schedule hereto or
to the like effect) to the owner or person in charge of the animal, and also to
the Board, and cause the animal to be slaughtered; provided that if the
owner of the animal, or any person on his behalf, gives notice in writing to
the Local Authority, or to their Inspector or other officer directed to carry out
such slaughter, that the owner objects to the animal being slaughtered under
the provisions of this Order, it shall not be lawful for the Local Authority to
cause the animal to bo slaughtered without the special authority of the Board
first obtained; provided also that this special authority shall not be given in
the case of any animal valued under this Order at more than thirty pounds, if
and so long as the animal is detained and isolated, and the milk if any) is
dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
(2) If the value of an animal proposed to be slaughtered, as agreed or
certified under this Order, exceeds thirty pounds, the Local Authority shall
not proceed with its slaughter unless so directed by the Board.
5.— Valuation for Compensation.