The Disease Control (Wales) Order 2003

PART 2 E+W Movement restrictions

Restrictions on the movement of cattle, sheep and goats E+W

4.  No person may move any sheep, goats or cattle from any premises if any sheep, goats, cattle or pigs have been moved on to those premises during the previous 6 days.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 4 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

Restrictions on the movement of pigs E+W

5.  No person may move a pig from any premises if —

(a) any pig has been moved on to those premises during the previous 20 days; or

(b) any cattle, goats or sheep have been moved on to those premises during the previous 6 days.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 5 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

Permitted movements during standstill E+W

6.  Notwithstanding articles 4 and 5, animals may be moved off premises during the standstill period if —

(a) the movement is one specified in Schedule 1; or

(b) a permit disapplying the standstill period has been issued by a veterinary inspector.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 6 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

Movements that do not trigger a standstill period E+W

7.  The standstill period is not triggered by a movement on to premises if it is a movement specified in Schedule 2.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 7 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

Isolation facilities E+W

8.— [F1 (1) Where pigs are held in an isolation facility under any provision of this Order, and other pigs are moved in before they are released from the isolation facility, no pig may be removed from the isolation facility before the last date of release of the last pigs moved into the isolation facility.]

(2) Pigs may not share an isolation facility with animals of any other species.

[F2 (3) An isolation facility may not be used to hold any animals other than pigs.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 8(1) substituted (11.9.2017) by The Disease Control (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/674), arts. 1(3), 4(a) (as amended by S.I. 2017/677, art. 3)

F2 Art. 8(3) inserted (11.9.2017) by The Disease Control (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/674), arts. 1(3), 4(b) (as amended by S.I. 2017/677, art. 3)

Commencement Information

I5 Art. 8 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

[F3 Quarantine units E+W

8A.— (1) A quarantine unit may only be used to hold cattle, sheep and goats.

(2) Where animals are held in a quarantine unit under any provision of this Order, and other animals are moved in before they are released from the quarantine unit, no animal may be removed from the quarantine unit before the last date of release of the last animal moved into the quarantine unit.

(3) No person may move any animal off premises direct from a quarantine unit unless the movement is one specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 13 or 14 of Schedule 1.

(4) Where the Welsh Ministers have served on the keeper of cattle a notice requiring the keeper to have any such cattle tested for tuberculosis with a relevant test before a date specified in the notice, no cattle may be held in, or moved into, a quarantine unit on the date of the relevant test unless—

(a) a skin test has been applied to those cattle no more than 60 days before the date of the relevant test, and

(b) the results of the test have been read by a veterinary inspector or an approved veterinary surgeon and are negative.

(5) Where a relevant test for tuberculosis has been applied to such cattle as specified in a notice in paragraph (4) but before the result of that test has been read by an inspector, or an approved veterinary surgeon, the keeper of the cattle may move any animal into a quarantine unit.

(6) A keeper must record—

(a) movement of an animal into a quarantine unit within 24 hours of the movement;

(b) movement of an animal out of a quarantine unit within 3 days of the movement; and

(c) all movements in the holding register within 36 hours of the movement.

(7) Approval of a quarantine unit may be made subject to conditions and may be suspended, amended or revoked by notice in writing at any time by a body accredited by UKAS or by the Welsh Ministers.

(8) In this article—

“approved veterinary surgeon” (“milfeddyg cymeradwy”) means a veterinary surgeon who is approved in accordance with article 2A of the Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2010;

“holding register” (“cofrestr y daliad”) means a register for the purposes of the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007(1) or the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2015;

“record” (“cofnodi”) means notifying or reporting the movement of an animal in accordance with the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2015;

“relevant test” (“prawf perthnasol”) means—

(a)

a skin test; or

(b)

any other diagnostic test for tuberculosis approved by the Welsh Ministers;

“skin test” (“prawf croen”) means a single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test for tuberculosis using bovine and avian tuberculin; and

“tuberculosis” (“twbercwlosis”) means infection with Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis).]

Textual Amendments

F3 Art. 8A inserted (11.9.2017) by The Disease Control (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/674), arts. 1(3), 5 (as amended by S.I. 2017/677, art. 3)

Marking sheep and goats travelling to shows or exhibitions E+W

9.  No person may move sheep or goats to a show or exhibition unless the animals are marked with an individual identification number in accordance with article 6 of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2002(1).

Commencement Information

I6 Art. 9 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

Restrictions on movements to and from slaughterhouses E+W

10.  No person may —

(a) move any animal to a slaughterhouse save for the purpose of slaughter within 48 hours of its arrival there; or

(b) receive any animal from a slaughterhouse unless, in the case of any animal other than a pig, under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector.

Commencement Information

I7 Art. 10 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

Sole occupancy groups E+W

11.  The National Assembly and the Secretary of State may authorise sets of premises as sole occupancy groups if he or she is satisfied that the premises are linked in terms of their control.

Commencement Information

I8 Art. 11 in force at 1.8.2003, see art. 1

(1)

S.I. 2002/2302 (W.227), amended by S.I. 2003/167 (W.27), S.I. 2003/946 (W.127) and this Order.