The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) Order 2006

Measures on special category premises

22.—(1) A veterinary inspector must not license the movement of birds not killed under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act from infected premises which are special category premises unless he is satisfied, following tests on the birds, that they are not infectious.

[F1(2) A veterinary inspector must not license a movement to a place in the territory for which another administration within the British Islands is responsible unless the movement is authorised by the appropriate ministers for that administration.]

(3) The following are special category premises—

(a)non-commercial premises;

(b)circuses;

(c)zoos;

(d)pet shops;

(e)wildlife parks;

(f)fenced areas where poultry or other captive birds are kept for scientific purposes or for purposes related to the conservation of endangered species;

[F2(g)premises or parts of premises where only officially registered rare breeds of poultry or other captive birds are kept]

(4) “Non-commercial premises” has the meaning it has in article 11(5).

[F3(5) In this article, “officially registered rare breeds of poultry or other captive birds” means any poultry or other captive birds that have been officially recognised by the Secretary of State as having high conservation value or belonging to a species of rare breed as determined by the UK Farm Animal Genetic Resources Committee and published in the “UK breeds at risk” list by the Secretary of State.]

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