PART IVMEASURES ON CONFIRMATION OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA AT PREMISES OTHER THAN A REGULATED PLACE

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1

The Department must not licence the movement of any bird which is not killed under paragraph 11 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Order from infected premises which are special category premises unless it is satisfied, following tests on the bird, that it is not infectious.

2

The Department must not licence a movement to F1a member State unless the movement is authorised by the competent authority of that member State.

3

The following are special category premises—

a

non-commercial premises;

b

circuses;

c

zoos;

d

pet shops;

e

wildlife parks;

f

fenced areas where poultry or other captive birds are kept for scientific purposes or for purposes related to the conservation of endangered species;

g

premises or parts of premises where only breeds of poultry or other captive birds which the Department considers to be rare are kept.