The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries (Registration and Testing) Order 1989

Keeping of records

11.  A person whose name is entered in the Breeding Flocks Register or in the Hatcheries Register in respect of any premises shall–

(a) keep a record containing the information specified in Part I of Schedule 5 of any sample taken in respect of the breeding flock or hatchery (as the case may be) in accordance with article 6(a) or 8(a) (as appropriate);

(b) keep a record of the result of any test carried out on a sample in accordance with article 6(c) or 8(c) (as appopriate) which has been reported to him in accordance with article 9;

(c) keep a record containing the information specified in Part II of Schedule 5 of tests carried out on any day on blood samples in accordance with article 7(b);

(d) keep a record containing the information specified in Part III of Schedule 5 of the movement of any poultry, chicks or eggs onto and off the premises on which the breeding flock is kept;

(e) keep a record containing the information specified in Part IV of Schedule 5 of the movement of any eggs onto and off the premises used as a hatchery and of the movement of any chicks off such premises;

(f) retain any such record for a period of 1 year from the date on which the sample was taken, or from the date of the test or from the date on which the movement took place (as the case may be);

(g) produce any such record to an inspector or officer of the appropriate Minister on demand being made by such person at any reasonable time during that period and allow a copy of it or an extract from it to be taken.