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Regulation 8(1)

SCHEDULE 1 MEASURES APPLICABLE IN RESPECT OF A WILD BIRD CONTROL AREA

PART I MOVEMENT OF BIRDS

Prohibition on the movement of poultry or other captive birds from premises in a wild bird control area

1.—(1) A person may not move poultry or other captive birds from premises in a wild bird control area except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department.

(2) The Department may not grant a licence for a movement under sub-paragraph (1) unless it is for a movement of—

(a) poultry to any premises under official control in the wild bird control area or the wild bird monitoring area centred on the same outbreak point;

(b) ready-to-lay pullets or turkeys for fattening to premises in the United Kingdom;

(c) poultry to a designated slaughterhouse for slaughter;

(d) day-old chicks hatched from eggs collected within the wild bird control area to premises in the United Kingdom which are subject to the following conditions—

(i) appropriate biosecurity measures are applied during transport and at the holding of destination,

(ii) the holding of destination is placed under official surveillance following the arrival of day-old-chicks;

(e) day-old chicks hatched from eggs collected within the wild bird monitoring area centred on the same outbreak point as that control area to designated premises in the United Kingdom;

(f) day-old chicks hatched from eggs collected outside the wild bird control area or outside the wild bird monitoring area centred on the same outbreak point, to any designated premises.

(3) Sub-paragraphs (2)(d),(e) or (f) apply to the movement of day-old chicks from a hatchery in a wild bird control area whether or not those day-old chicks are hatched from eggs originating in the area in question.

(4) The Department may not grant a licence under sub-paragraph (2)(f) unless it is satisfied that there was no contact, at the hatchery from which the day-old chicks are being moved, between the eggs from which the day old chicks were hatched and any other hatching eggs or day-old chicks originating from poultry within the wild bird control area or wild bird monitoring area.

Restriction on movement of poultry from premises of destination

2.  If the Department grants a licence for a movement of—

(a) ready to lay pullets or turkeys for fattening under paragraph 1(2)(b); or

(b) day-old chicks to premises under paragraph 1(2)(d) outside the wild bird control area or the wild bird monitoring area centred on the same outbreak point,

the occupier of the premises to which they are moved must ensure that neither they nor any other poultry are moved off the premises for 21 days from the date when those ready to lay pullets, turkeys or day-old chicks arrived.

Slaughter of poultry

3.—(1) The occupier of a slaughterhouse to which poultry are moved in accordance with paragraph 1(2)(a) or 1(2)(c) must ensure that the poultry are slaughtered without delay.

(2) The occupier of a slaughterhouse which produces—

(a) fresh meat from poultry referred to in Part III paragraph 1(2)(c) which requires a licence for transport out of the wild bird control area to other parts of the United Kingdom under Part III paragraph 1; or

(b) fresh meat from such poultry for processing into processed fresh meat requiring such a licence or for incorporation into meat products requiring such a licence,

must ensure that the conditions in sub-paragraph (3) are fulfilled.

(3) The conditions are—

(a) poultry from premises in a wild bird control area must be kept separate from poultry from outside the wild bird control area;

(b) the poultry from within the area must be slaughtered separately or at different times from poultry from outside the area; and

(c) the part of the slaughterhouse, any equipment and any other thing which has been used for the slaughter or subsequent processing of poultry from within the area must be cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the instructions of an inspector before poultry from outside the wild bird control area are slaughtered in that part of the slaughterhouse, using that equipment or other thing.

Prohibition on the movement of poultry and other captive birds through a wild bird control area

4.—(1) A person shall not move poultry or other captive birds through a wild bird control area unless the movement is straight through the area on a major highway or railway.

(2) In this paragraph a movement “straight through” a wild bird control area means a movement into that area and then out of that area without stopping or unloading.

PART II MOVEMENT OF HATCHING EGGS AND SPF EGGS

Prohibition on the movement of hatching eggs from a wild bird control area

1.—(1) A person shall not move any hatching egg which was collected from premises within a wild bird control area from premises in that area except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department.

(2) The Department may not grant a licence under sub-paragraph (1), unless it is for the movement of hatching eggs—

(a) to a designated hatchery in accordance with sub-paragraph (3);

(b) to a designated laboratory, institute or vaccine manufacturer for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical uses;

(c) to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulations (EC) No. 853/2004(9);

(d) for disposal.

(3) The Department may not grant a licence for a movement to an undesignated hatchery in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(a) unless—

(a) poultry on the premises from which the hatching egg is being moved have tested negative in a serological survey for avian influenza capable of detecting 5% prevalence of the disease with at least a 95% level of confidence, carried out to the satisfaction of the Department;

(b) the eggs and their packaging are disinfected before dispatch;

(c) the tracing back of the eggs can be ensured; and

(d) the eggs are transported in sealed vehicles.

Prohibition on the movement of a SPF-egg from the wild bird control area

2.—(1) A person may not move a SPF-egg collected from premises in a wild bird control area from premises in that area except to a designated laboratory, institute or vaccine manufacturer for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical uses except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “SPF-egg” means a hatching egg for use for diagnostic procedures in laboratories for the production and testing of vaccines and for research or pharmaceutical purposes.

Cleansing and disinfection at undesignated hatcheries

3.  The occupier of an undesignated hatchery to which hatching eggs are moved in accordance with paragraph 1(2)(a)must—

(a) ensure that trolleys and packaging trays used to transport hatching eggs to or from the hatchery are cleansed and disinfected before they leave the hatchery or are re-used; and

(b) keep a record of any cleaning and disinfection carried out under sub-paragraph (a).

Separation of hatching eggs

4.—(1) A person moving hatching eggs out of the wild bird control area under paragraph 1(1) must ensure that those eggs do not come into contact with hatching eggs collected from premises outside that area.

(2) The occupier of an undesignated hatchery to which hatching eggs are moved in accordance with paragraph 1(2)(a) must ensure that those eggs do not come into contact with hatching eggs collected from premises outside the wild bird control area.