The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Poultry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Restrictions on the movement of hatching eggs N.I.

11.—(1) A person shall not move hatching eggs from a restricted zone to an unrestricted area, in [F1 a] member State or third country except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a movement to an approved body.

(3) The Department may licence the movement of hatching eggs from any premises which, on the day of collection, are in a restricted zone, to—

(a) a designated hatchery;

(b) an undesignated hatchery in the United Kingdom, if the premises where the eggs were collected contain poultry which the Department is satisfied have tested negative in a serological survey for avian influenza capable of detecting 5% prevalence of disease with at least a 95% level of confidence;

(c) a hatchery in [F2 a] member State or in a third country, if the movement is authorised by the competent authority of that member State or third country;

(d) designated premises for use for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical purposes;

(e) premises for use for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical purposes in [F3 a] member State or in a third country, if the movement is authorised by the competent authority of that member State or third country; or

(f) premises for disposal.

(4) The Department may also licence the movement of SPF-eggs to the premises referred to in paragraph (3)(d) and (e).

(5) The occupier of an undesignated hatchery to which hatching eggs are moved in accordance with paragraph (3)(b) must—

(a) keep the eggs separate from eggs from premises which, on the day of collection, were not in a restricted zone;

(b) ensure that trolleys and packaging trays used to move the eggs are cleansed and disinfected before they leave the hatchery or before they are reused there;

(c) be able to trace the premises from which the hatching eggs were dispatched; and

(d) keep a record of the cleansing and disinfection carried out.

(6) A person moving hatching eggs under paragraph (2) or (3) must ensure that they are kept separate from eggs from outside the restricted zone.

(7) Hatching eggs which come into contact with hatching eggs from within a restricted zone are subject to the provisions in paragraphs (1) to (5) applying to such eggs.

(8) In this regulation—

(a) “hatching egg” means an egg for incubation; and

(b) “SPF-egg” means a hatching egg for use for diagnostic procedures in laboratories, for the production and testing of vaccines or for research or pharmaceutical purposes.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 11(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/111), regs. 1(1), 9(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Word in reg. 11(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/111), regs. 1(1), 9(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in reg. 11(3)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/111), regs. 1(1), 9(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 11 in operation at 24.3.2007, see reg. 1