The African Horse Sickness Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

PART IINTRODUCTION

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3References to occupier

PART IINOTIFICATION OF SUSPICION OF AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS

5Notification requirements

PART IIISUSPICION AND CONFIRMATION OF AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS

6Scope of Part III

7Initial controls following notification

8Imposing measures on suspicion of disease

9Measures following suspicion – premises other than contact premises

10Measures following suspicion – contact premises

11Powers to prevent horses from being brought onto other premises

12Revocation of notices declaring premises to be infected premises

PART IVSLAUGHTERHOUSES

13Imposition of initial controls at slaughterhouses

14Actions following examination

PART VNON-CAPTIVE HORSES

15Suspicion relating to non-captive horses

PART VIAREA CONTROLS

16Temporary control zone

17Control zone, protection zone and surveillance zone

18Infection zones

19Declaration of zones where African horse sickness is suspected or confirmed outside Northern Ireland

20Declaration of zones

21Premises straddling zones

PART VIIVACCINATION

23Prohibition on vaccination

24Compulsory vaccination

25Vaccinated horses

PART VIIIINSPECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

28Powers of inspectors

29Notice following a contravention on movement

30Change of occupier of premises under restriction – access for welfare purposes

31Powers of inspectors in case of default

33Offences and penalties

34Offences by bodies corporate

35Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations

36Exceptional circumstances

SCHEDULE 1MEASURES ON SUSPECT AND INFECTED PREMISES AND ON PREMISES IN A CONTROL ZONE

2Housing of horses

3Restriction on movement of horses, carcases or things

4Control of vectors

SCHEDULE 2MEASURES IN A PROTECTION ZONE AND IN A SURVEILLANCE ZONE

1Movement out of a protection zone

2Movement from premises within a protection zone

2013 No. 244

AnimalsAnimal Health

The African Horse Sickness Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Made11th October 2013

Coming into operation18th November 2013

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.