Contents
1Title, application and commencement
2Extension of the definition of “animal”, “poultry” and “disease”
3Interpretation
4Prohibitions in relation to specified animal pathogens
5Exceptions
6Powers of inspectors
7Improvement notices
8Prohibition notices
9Appeals against improvement and prohibition notices
10Licences
11Enforcement
12Revocations
SCHEDULE 1Specified animal pathogens
PART 1
1African horse sickness virus
2African swine fever virus
3Aujesky’s disease virus
4Avian influenza viruses that are — (a) uncharacterised;
5Babesia bovis
6Babesia bigemina
7Babesia caballi
8Bacillus anthracis
9Bluetongue virus
10Bovine leucosis virus
11Brucella abortus
12Brucella melitensis
13Brucella ovis
14Brucella suis
15Burkholderia mallei
16Classical swine fever virus
17Cochliomyia hominivorax
18Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis viruses
19Echinococcus multilocularis
20Echniococcus granulosus
21Ehrlichia ruminantium
22Equine infectious anemia virus
23Foot and mouth disease virus
24Hendra disease virus
25Histoplasma farciminosum
26Japanese encephalitis virus
27Lumpy skin disease virus
28Mycoplasma agalactiae
29Mycoplasma capricolum sub species capripneumoniae
30Mycoplasma mycoides sub species mycoides SC and mycoides LC variants...
31Mycoplasma mycoides var capri
32Newcastle disease (avian paramyxovirus type 1) viruses which are—
33Nipah disease virus
34Peste des petits ruminants virus
34APorcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus genotype 2
35Rabies virus and all viruses of the genus Lyssavirus
36Rift Valley Fever virus
37Rinderpest virus
38St. Louis equine encephalomyelitis virus
39Sheep and goat pox virus
40Swine vesicular disease virus
41Teschen disease virus
42Theileria annulata
43Theileria equi
44Theileria parva
45Trichinella spiralis
46Trypanosoma brucei
47Trypanosoma congolense
48Trypanosoma equiperdum
49Trypanosoma evansi
50Trypanosoma simiae
51Trypanosoma vivax
52Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus
53Vesicular stomatitis virus
54West Nile virus
PART 2
55The live virus causing viral hæmorrhagic disease of rabbits
SCHEDULE 2Powers of inspectors
1General powers of inspectors
2Seizure of pathogens
3Cleansing and disinfection
2008 No. 944
Animals, England
Animal Health

The Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 7, 35(1), 87(2) and (5)(a) and 88(2) and (4)(a) of the Animal Health Act 19811.