The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Citation, extent and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Occupier and changes of occupier

   4. 4. Exemptions

3. PART 2 Notification and investigation of suspicion of disease

   1. 5. Notification requirements

   2. 6. Initial measures following notification

   3. 7. Measures on suspicion of disease

   4. 8. Measures at contact premises

   5. 9. Temporary control zone

4. PART 3 Infected premises

   1. 10. Designating premises as infected premises when the presence of disease is confirmed

   2. 11. Killing pigs on infected premises

   3. 12. Conservation and related measures

   4. 13. Disposal of carcases and preliminary cleansing and disinfection

   5. 14. Notice requiring secondary cleansing and disinfection

   6. 15. Use of approved disinfectants

   7. 16. Special measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever virus by vectors

   8. 17. Revocation of a regulation 10 notice

   9. 18. Restocking and testing with sentinel pigs on infected or contact premises

5. PART 4 Suspicion and confirmation of disease at a slaughterhouse

   1. 19. Measures on suspicion and confirmation of disease at a slaughterhouse

6. PART 5 Suspicion and confirmation of disease in feral pigs

   1. 20. Measures on suspicion of disease in feral pigs

   2. 21. Measures on confirmation of disease in feral pigs

   3. 22. Emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever

7. PART 6 Area controls following confirmation of disease in domestic pigs

   1. 23. Protection and surveillance zones

   2. 24. Declarations of zones

   3. 25. Removal of protection and surveillance zones

   4. 26. Premises straddling a protection or a surveillance zone

   5. 27. Publicity of declared zones

8. PART 7 Vaccination

   1. 28. Prohibition on vaccination except in certain cases

   2. 29. Declaration of an emergency vaccination zone following confirmation of classical swine fever

   3. 30. Pigs vaccinated against classical swine fever

   4. 31. Compulsory vaccination and controls for pigs vaccinated against swine vesicular disease

9. PART 8 Inspection, enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

   1. 32. Notices

   2. 33. Licences

   3. 34. Powers of inspectors

   4. 35. Notices following a contravention of movement controls

   5. 36. Powers of inspectors in case of default

   6. 37. Compensation for pigs killed and things seized

   7. 38. Obstruction

   8. 39. Offences and penalties

   9. 40. Offences by bodies corporate, partnerships and unincorporated associations

   10. 41. Enforcement

   11. 42. Exceptional circumstances

   12. 43. Miscellaneous revocations, disapplication and consequential amendments

   13. 44. Review of the Regulations in England

10. Signature

11. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Measures on suspect, contact and infected premises

       1. 1. Records

       2. 2. Confinement or isolation of pigs

       3. 3. Restriction on movement of pigs

       4. 4. Restriction on removal of any equipment, animal or thing liable to transmit disease

       5. 5. Restrictions on spreading pig manure and slurry

       6. 6. Cleansing, disinfection and other biosecurity measures

       7. 7. Restriction on movement of vehicles and persons

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Measures in a feral pig investigation or control zone

       1. 1. Requirement to report a carcase of a feral pig found on premises

       2. 2. Requirements on occupier of premises containing domestic pigs

       3. 3. Following confirmation of swine vesicular disease in a feral pig,...

       4. 4. Movement of genetic material

       5. 5. Killing of feral pigs

       6. 6. Feeding of feral pigs

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       1. PART 1 Measures in a protection zone

          1. 1. Movement of pigs in a protection zone

          2. 2. A veterinary inspector may license the movement of a pig...

          3. 3. Movement of pigs off premises in a protection zone

          4. 4. A licence may only be granted under paragraph 3 where—...

          5. 5. Movement of other animals and persons from premises on which pigs are kept

          6. 6. Restriction on removal of any thing liable to transmit disease

          7. 7. Restrictions on the transporting and spreading of pig manure or slurry

          8. 8. A person must not spread manure or slurry, which contains...

          9. 9. Reporting of dead or diseased pigs

       2. PART 2 Measures in a surveillance zone

          1. 10. Movement of pigs in a surveillance zone

          2. 11. A veterinary inspector may license the movement of a pig...

          3. 12. Movement of pigs off premises in a surveillance zone for swine vesicular disease

          4. 13. Movement of pigs off premises in a surveillance zone for African swine fever and classical swine fever

          5. 14. A licence may only be granted under paragraph 13 where—...

          6. 15. Movement of other animals and persons from premises on which pigs are kept

          7. 16. Restriction on removal of any thing liable to transmit disease

          8. 17. Restrictions on the transporting and spreading of pig manure or slurry

          9. 18. A person must not spread manure or slurry, which contains...

          10. 19. Reporting of dead or diseased pigs

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles

       1. 1. Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles in a protection zone

       2. 2. Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles in a surveillance zone

       3. 3. Cleansing of vehicles which have moved a pig to premises outside of a protection or surveillance zone

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Revocations

12. Explanatory Note