The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 No. 68

PART IV N.I. MEASURES ON CONFIRMATION OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA AT PREMISES OTHER THAN A REGULATED PLACE

Ending of a protection or surveillance zone N.I.

36.—(1) The Department may, by declaration, end a protection zone but must not, in the case of a protection zone declared under paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of regulation 28, do so until—

(a) at least 21 days have elapsed since the completion at all infected premises in the zone of the preliminary cleansing and disinfection measures referred to in Part II of Schedule 3; and

(b) a veterinary enquiry has been completed on all premises within the zone identified as containing poultry or other captive birds.

(2) On the ending of a protection zone, the area which formed that protection zone shall become part of the surveillance zone centred on the same outbreak point as the protection zone.

(3) The Department may, by declaration, end a surveillance zone but, in the case of a zone declared under paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of regulation 28, must not do so until at least 30 days have elapsed since the completion at all infected premises in the zone of the preliminary cleansing and disinfection measures referred to in Part II of Schedule 3.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 36 in operation at 10.2.2007, see reg. 1