SCHEDULE 6MEASURES WHEN LOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IS CONFIRMED

I1PART IICRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE PERMITTING MOVEMENTS FROM PREMISES WHERE LOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA HAS BEEN CONFIRMED

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Commencement Information
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Sch. 6 Pt. 2 in operation at 10.2.2007, see reg. 1

The following are the criteria to be considered by the Department before permitting movements from premises where low pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed—

a

the species of birds on the premises;

b

the number of premises it knows to contain poultry or other captive birds in the area around the premises;

c

the location of slaughterhouses, hatcheries and egg packing centres to which poultry and eggs could be moved;

d

biosecurity measures already in place or which could be applied at the premises, during movement and during slaughter;

e

possible routes on which things could be moved;

f

any evidence of disease spread;

g

any risk to human health; and

h

any treatment procedures which could be applied to any thing to be moved.