The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) Order 2006

Restrictions on the movement of poultry and eggs out of the zone

15.—(1) Subject to paragraph 16, no person shall move any [F1 poultry, or eggs, semen, blood samples or carcases from poultry or other captive birds,] out of the zone, unless the movement is—

(a) a movement set out in sub-paragraph (2); and

(b) licensed by a veterinary inspector [F2 or by an inspector under the direction of a veterinary inspector.]

(2) The movements referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are movements of—

(a) poultry for slaughter (if the requirements of paragraph 17 are met);

(b) day-old chicks hatched from eggs originating within the protection or surveillance zone or from eggs which came into contact with such eggs (if the requirements of paragraph 18 are met);

(c) day-old chicks hatched from eggs originating outside the protection and surveillance zones kept separate from eggs produced in such a zone (if the requirements of paragraph 19 are met);

(d) ready-to-lay poultry [F3 or brood-and-move [F4 poultry]] to premises or a part of any premises where no poultry are kept;

(e) hatching eggs from the zone—

(i) to a designated hatchery; or

(ii) to designated premises for use for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical purposes (if, in both cases, the requirements of paragraph 20 are met);

(f) eggs to a designated egg packing centre (if the requirements of paragraph 21 are met);

(g) eggs to an egg processing plant;

(h) eggs for disposal.

[F5 (i) poultry to a veterinary surgery for treatment, or to the premises of origin on return following such a movement.]

[F6 (j) semen to a breeding premises or to a designated premises for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical purposes;

(k) blood samples to a laboratory or veterinary practice for scientific or diagnostic purposes.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 5 para. 15(1) substituted (22.11.2022) by The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1224), arts. 1(1), 2(7)(b)(i)

F2 Words in Sch. 5 para. 15(1)(b) inserted (22.11.2022) by The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1224), arts. 1(1), 2(7)(b)(ii)

F3 Words in Sch. 5 para. 15(2)(d) inserted (21.12.2021) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1472), arts. 1(1), 3(20)(d)(i)

F4 Word in Sch. 5 para. 15(2)(d) substituted (27.10.2022) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1108), arts. 1(1), 4(11)(d)

F5 Sch. 5 para. 15(2)(i) inserted (21.12.2021) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1472), arts. 1(1), 3(20)(d)(ii)

F6 Sch. 5 para. 15(2)(j)(k) inserted (22.11.2022) by The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1224), arts. 1(1), 2(7)(b)(iii)