The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) Order 2006

Measures on special category premises

50.—(1) The occupier of special category premises where low pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed but poultry and other captive birds are not killed under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act must ensure that—

(a) poultry and other captive birds are housed or isolated (if, in the view of a veterinary inspector, housing is impractical or would adversely affect the birds' welfare to a significant degree);

(b) no poultry or other captive bird is moved from the premises except—

(i) to a designated slaughterhouse or other premises in accordance with a licence granted by a veterinary inspector; or

(ii) to a slaughterhouse in another member State or to other premises in another member State, if the movement is licensed by a veterinary inspector and is authorised by the competent authority of that member State.

(2) The occupier of the premises must take all reasonable steps to minimise contact between birds isolated under paragraph (1)(a) and wild birds.

(3) A veterinary inspector must not grant a licence under paragraph (1)(b) unless he is satisfied, following tests on the birds, that there is not a significant risk that the proposed movement would spread highly pathogenic avian influenza.