The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Regulations 38(1) and 54

SCHEDULE 8 MEASURES APPLICABLE IN RESPECT OF A WILD ANIMAL INFECTED ZONE

Notification of a dead wild susceptible animal in a wild animal infected zone

10.  Any person who kills a wild susceptible animal or finds such an animal dead in a wild animal infected zone shall notify a Divisional Veterinary Officer of that fact.

Record keeping in a wild animal infected zone

11.  The occupier of any holding in a wild animal infected zone where a susceptible animal is kept shall create a record of the number of each species of susceptible animals kept on the premises and shall maintain that record by updating it every time that number changes.

Isolation of a susceptible animal in a wild animal infected zone

12.  The occupier of any premises in a wild animal infected zone where a susceptible animal is kept shall ensure that—

(a) a susceptible animal is isolated as far as is reasonably practicable from contact with wild animals; and

(b) fodder, used litter and any other material which may come into contact with a susceptible animal is isolated as far as is reasonably practicable from contact with wild animals.

Movement of a susceptible animal in a wild animal infected zone

13.  A person shall not move a susceptible animal from or to premises in a wild animal infected zone except under the authority of a licence granted by the Department.

Cleansing and disinfection in a wild animal infected zone

14.—(1) The occupier of any premises in a wild animal infected zone shall ensure that means of disinfection are provided and used at all entrances to buildings where a susceptible animal is kept in accordance with the directions of an inspector.

(2) Any person coming into contact with a wild susceptible animal shall cleanse and disinfect himself and launder his clothing after such contact in accordance with the directions of the Department.

Carcases and things which may be contaminated in a wild animal infected zone

15.  A person shall not bring the following on to a holding in a wild animal infected zone where a susceptible animal is kept—

(a) any carcase of a wild animal;

(b) any material, equipment or other thing which may be contaminated.

Movement of semen, ova and embryos out of a wild animal infected zone for trade

16.  A person shall not move any semen, embryo or ovum of a susceptible animal out of a wild animal infected zone for the purpose of trade with another member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.