PART VIVACCINATION
Prohibition on vaccination34
It is an offence to vaccinate a pig against swine vesicular disease except—
a
in accordance with regulation 35, or
b
under the authority of a licence granted by the Department.
Vaccination zone35
1
The Department may declare a vaccination zone in which all occupiers of premises inside the zone containing a pig shall ensure the vaccination of those pigs in accordance with that declaration.
2
An occupier who fails to vaccinate a pig in accordance with the declaration commits an offence.
3
Premises partly inside and partly outside a vaccination zone are treated as being inside the zone.
4
In the case of pigs outside a vaccination zone, or if a vaccination zone has not been declared, a veterinary inspector may serve a notice on an occupier of a premises containing a pig requiring that occupier to ensure that the pig is vaccinated in accordance with the notice, and failure to comply with the notice is an offence.
5
Nothing in paragraph (3) shall deem any part of a premises lying outside Northern Ireland to be within a vaccination zone.
Vaccinated pigs36
1
A person vaccinating a pig against swine vesicular disease shall ensure that the pig is identified as having been so vaccinated.
2
If the vaccination was as a result of the declaration of a vaccination zone, a person may not move a vaccinated pig outside the zone except to a slaughterhouse designated for the purpose by the Department where it shall be kept and slaughtered separately from unvaccinated pigs.
3
Otherwise a person may not move a vaccinated pig from the premises on which it was vaccinated (or, if the licence permitted vaccination in an area, from the area where vaccination is permitted) except to a slaughterhouse designated for the purpose by the Department where it shall be kept and slaughtered separately from unvaccinated pigs.
4
It is an offence to fail to comply with this regulation.