S.L. 437.50 Art. 71Set-up, functions and duties of local disease control centres.

(1) The competent authority shall ensure that fully functional local disease control centres may be established immediately in the event of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.

(2) The competent authority shall ensure that within the framework of their contingency plans, provisions are made for likely locations of local disease control centres, their organisation, staff, accommodation, facilities and equipment, management systems, communication lines as well as information channels.

(3) The competent authority shall ensure the local disease control centres act in close coordination and cooperation with the national/central disease control centre, in particular in relation to the measures provided for in rule 68(3)(b).

(4) The competent authority shall ensure that local disease control centres have the necessary organisation to ensure the prompt implementation of the measures provided for in these rules to be applied in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.