s 6 Special provisions as to the importation of livestock.
(1) Without prejudice to the powers conferred by section five of this Act, the Ministers may, for the purpose described in subsection (1) of that section, by order make special provision in respect of livestock, or livestock of any description, imported, removed or brought into the United Kingdom or any part of the United Kingdom from any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland. (2) An order under this section may regulate the times and places at which, and the routes by which, livestock may be imported, removed or brought as aforesaid, and may prohibit the removal, pending inspection or marking, of any livestock so imported, removed or brought and, in the case of cattle imported or brought from the Republic of Ireland, their removal without production of such certificate in respect of their exportation from that Republic as may be prescribed by the order. (3) Subject to the following provisions of this section, any such order may contain such provisions as appear to the Ministers to be necessary for the due operation and enforcement of the order (other than provision for fine or imprisonment upon conviction of offences), and may in particular— (a) authorise the seizure and sale of livestock, the forfeiture of livestock and the proceeds of sale of livestock, and the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles or containers used for the carriage, handling or concealment of livestock; (b) enable authorised officers of the Minister to enter vehicles used or constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of livestock; (c) require persons who are or have been in possession or control of livestock to furnish to such officers information with respect thereto. (4) An order under this section which provides for the seizure of livestock or other things shall also provide for the display or other publication of notice of the seizure. (5) An order under this section which provides for the forfeiture of livestock or other things seized or the proceeds of sale of livestock shall also provide that where within such period as may be prescribed by the order a person claims, in accordance with the order, that the livestock or other things seized belonged to him at the time of seizure and— (a) in the case of livestock, that they were not imported, removed or brought into the United Kingdom in contravention of the order; (b) in any other case, that they were not used for the carriage, handling or concealment of livestock imported, removed or brought into the United Kingdom in contravention of the order; the forfeiture of the things seized or the proceeds of sale of livestock shall not be effected except by an order made by a court. (6) In this section “ livestock ” includes the carcases of livestock.