Vaccination
Emergency vaccination without F1a published emergency vaccination plan16
1
Where the Scottish Ministers declare an emergency vaccination zone or serve an emergency vaccination notice under regulation 12(1) before an emergency vaccination plan has been F2published by the Scottish Ministers—
a
a licence issued under regulation 15(2) must impose the conditions set out in the Schedule;
b
the owner or driver of any vehicle or other means of transport used for transporting live poultry or other captive birds, poultry eggs or poultry meat under such a licence must, as soon as reasonably practicable after use, cleanse and disinfect that vehicle and any equipment used in the transportation of such material in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Avian Influenza Order insofar as it is applicable to vehicle, and for this purpose references to “this Order” in Part 1 of Schedule 3 of the Avian Influenza Order shall be read as references to these Regulations;
c
a veterinary inspector must, by notice to the owner or driver of a vehicle or other means of transport referred to in paragraph (1)(b), require the destruction of any thing which may be contaminated with avian influenza virus and which the inspector considers cannot be cleansed and disinfected or treated.
2
Under paragraph (1)(b), disinfection must be carried out in accordance with Article 65(4) of the Avian Influenza Order.
3
Packing centres and slaughterhouses which are designated under the Avian Influenza Order are designated for the purpose of receiving poultry, other captive birds, poultry eggs or poultry meat (as the case may be) which are moved under a licence granted under regulation 15(2) in the circumstances described in paragraph (1).