Amendment to Schedule 4 (measures in a protection zone)

9.—(1) Schedule 4 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 13—

(a) the existing provision becomes sub-paragraph (1);

(b) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) For the purpose of this paragraph, game birds include any pheasant, partridge, grouse (or moor game), black (or heath) game or ptarmigan or ducks bred for shooting.”.

(3) In paragraph 14—

(a) in the heading, for “and carcases” substitute “, semen, blood samples and carcases”;

(b) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for the words “any poultry” to “or carcases” substitute “any poultry or other captive birds, or any eggs, poultry meat, semen, blood samples or carcases from any poultry or any other captive birds into,”.

(4) In paragraph 16—

(a) in sub-paragraph (f), for “or brood-and-move Galliformes” substitute “or brood-and-move poultry”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (m) insert—

“(n) semen to a breeding premises or to a designated premises for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical purposes;

(o) blood to a laboratory or veterinary practice for scientific or diagnostic purposes.”.

(5) In paragraph 17(a), for “must have examined” substitute “must have inspected and where necessary examined the”.

(6) In paragraph 20(1), omit paragraph (c).

(7) In paragraph 22—

(a) in the heading, for “brood-and-move Galliformes” substitute “brood-and-move poultry”;

(b) the existing provision becomes sub-paragraph (1);

(c) in sub-paragraph (1), for “or brood-and-move Galliformes”, in both places it occurs, substitute “or brood-and-move poultry”;

(d) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) The occupier of premises to which ready-to-lay poultry or brood-and-move poultry are moved must not move that poultry from that premises for a period of at least 21 days from the day on which that poultry was moved onto the premises.”.