The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) (Laboratories, Circuses and Avian Quarantine) Regulations 2007

Amendment to the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) Regulations 2006

9.  In regulation 21, for paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) A veterinary inspector —

(a) shall take or require to be taken, the action required under Article 13(1) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 318/2007 in relation to avian influenza or Newcastle disease suspected at a quarantine centre or quarantine facility where captive birds are quarantined, imposing such restrictions as are required by that Article;

(b) shall, where the Secretary of State grants a derogation provided for in Article 14 of that Commission Regulation (relating to findings of low pathogenic avian influenza or Newcastle disease), take or require to be taken such further measures and impose such restrictions as are required under Article 14;

(c) who requires action to be taken by, or imposes restrictions upon, a quarantine manager or other person under this paragraph, shall do so by serving notice specifying the action or restrictions to be taken or observed.

(3) In the event of non-compliance by a quarantine manager with Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 318/2007 (requiring treatment of birds suspected of infection with Chlamydophyla psittaci), a veterinary inspector may treat the captive birds concerned, or cause them to be treated, as required by Article 15, and shall serve notice extending the period of quarantine required under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 318/2007.”.