Prohibition of bird gatheringsU.K.
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6.—(1) No person shall arrange any fair, market, show, exhibition or other gathering involving the collecting together of poultry or other captive birds unless the Secretary of State licenses him to do so.
(2) No person shall bring any poultry or other captive bird to such a gathering if he knows or suspects that the gathering is not so licensed.
(3) The Secretary of State must not grant a licence under paragraph (1) unless—
(a)a veterinary risk assessment has been carried out; and
(b)he is satisfied that such a gathering and the transit of birds to and from such a gathering would not significantly increase the risk of the transmission of avian influenza virus.