(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Poultry Laying Flocks (Testing and Registration etc.) Order 1989 and the Poultry Laying Flocks (Testing and Registration etc.) (Amendment) Order 1990 which provided for the testing of samples from and registration of flocks of domestic fowls kept for the production of eggs for human consumption. They also provided for various requirements relating to the collection and handling of eggs from such flocks and the control of vermin.