The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006

Movement of animals from premises in a surveillance zone E+W

26.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, no person is permitted to move any susceptible animal from premises in a surveillance zone.

(2) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to transport of susceptible animals for emergency slaughter under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector from premises in a surveillance zone direct to a slaughterhouse—

(a) in the same surveillance zone, or

(b) where there is no slaughterhouse in that surveillance zone, outside the surveillance zone and its associated protection zone.

(3) An inspector is not permitted to grant a licence under sub-paragraph (2) unless he or she is satisfied that—

(a) a veterinary inspector has within the previous 24 hours carried out a clinical examination on every susceptible animal on the premises, and

(b) there is no suspicion of infection or contamination on the premises.

(4) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to transport of susceptible animals for slaughter under the terms of a licence granted by an inspector—

(a) direct to a slaughterhouse outside that surveillance zone and its associated protection zone, or

(b) direct to a slaughterhouse in that surveillance zone.

(5) An inspector is not permitted to grant a licence under sub-paragraph (4) unless he or she is satisfied that—

(a) the records required by paragraph 1 have been maintained in respect of the premises,

(b) a veterinary inspector has within the previous 24 hours inspected every susceptible animal on the premises and has carried out a clinical examination of a representative sample of such susceptible animals, and

(c) there is no suspicion of infection or contamination on the premises.

(6) An inspector is not permitted to grant a licence under sub-paragraph (4)(a) unless he or she is also satisfied that—

(a) there is no slaughterhouse in that surveillance zone with sufficient capacity to slaughter the animals, and

(b) the slaughterhouse at which slaughter is to take place is the nearest slaughterhouse outside the surveillance zone and its associated protection zones with such capacity.

(7) A licence granted under sub-paragraph (2) or (4) may permit transport through the associated protection zone and in such case must include a condition requiring that the vehicle travels through that protection zone without stopping.

(8) The person in charge of any vehicle used to move susceptible animals under the authority of a licence granted under sub-paragraph (2) or (4) must ensure that it is cleansed and disinfected in accordance with article 45.

(9) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the leading of susceptible animals to pasture in that surveillance zone under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector.

(10) An inspector is not permitted to grant a licence under sub-paragraph (9) unless—

(a) he or she is satisfied that a veterinary inspector has examined all susceptible animals on the premises (including testing of samples) and concluded that there are no animals suspected of being infected or contaminated on the premises,

(b) at least 15 days have elapsed since the most recent confirmed case of disease in the associated protection zone, and

(c) the licence contains a term requiring that animals do not come into contact with susceptible animals from other premises.

(11) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to movement from one part of premises to another part of the same premises using an intervening public highway under the authority of a licence granted by a veterinary inspector or by an inspector at the direction of a veterinary inspector.