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

Measures on special category premisesE+W

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 or she 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 minister 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.]

[F3(h)“wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centres.]

F4(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(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 on the “UK breeds at risk” list published on 20 December 2021 [F6and “wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre” means any facility dedicated to the sole purpose of providing treatment and temporary care of injured, orphaned or sick wild animals or birds including any facility for their housing, feeding and treatment under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon for the primary purpose of their release back into the wild].]

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