The African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012

1Citation, application and commencement

2Interpretation

3References to occupier and additional obligations

5Notification requirements

6Scope of Part 3

7Initial controls following notification

8Imposing measures on suspicion of disease

9Measures following suspicion – premises other than contact premises

10Measures following suspicion – contact premises

11Powers to prevent horses from being brought onto other premises

12Killing horses on infected premises and contact premises and disposal of carcases

13Revocation of notices declaring premises to be infected premises

14Imposition of initial controls at slaughterhouses

15Action following examination

16Suspicion relating to non-captive horses

17Temporary movement restriction zone

18Control zone, protection zone and surveillance zone

19Infection zones

20Declaration of zones where African horse sickness suspected or confirmed outside England

21Declaration of zones

22Premises straddling zones

24Prohibition on vaccination except in certain cases

25Compulsory vaccination

26Vaccinated horses

29Powers of inspectors

30Notice following a contravention on movement

31Change of main occupier of premises under restriction – access for welfare purposes

32Powers of inspectors in case of default

33Compensation for horses killed and things seized

35Offences and penalties

36Offences by bodies corporate

37Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations

39Exceptional circumstances

SCHEDULEMeasures on suspect and infected premises and on premises in a control zone

2012 No. 2629

Animals, EnglandAnimal Health

The African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012

Made15th October 2012

Laid before Parliament19th October 2012

Coming into force21st November 2012

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.