Transport of Animals and Poultry (Cleansing and Disinfection) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Cleansing the means of transport of poultry

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any means of transport used for or in connection with the transport of poultry or poultry carcases shall, as soon as practicable after it has been so used, and in any event within not more than 24 hours after it has been so used, be cleansed and disinfected.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—

(a) any means of transport used exclusively, in the course of a single day, for or in connection with the transport of poultry between the same two places, neither of which is a market, hatchery or slaughterhouse;

(b) any part of a means of transport used exclusively, in the course of a period not exceeding 72 hours, for or in connection with the transport of poultry between the same two places, one of which is a rearing site and the other a laying site;

(c) any receptacle which is not re-usable; or

(d) any vehicle used to transport any such receptacle as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (c).

(3) Any means of transport mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) shall be cleansed and disinfected as soon as practicable after the last occasion on which it was used on any day for, or in connection with, the transport of poultry and in any case before it is so used again; and for the purpose of this paragraph the expression “the last occasion on which it was used on any day” shall include a journey begun but not completed before midnight on the day in question.

(4) Any means of transport mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) shall be cleansed and disinfected as soon as practicable after the last occasion on which it is used during the period referred to in that paragraph and in any case before it is so used again.

(5) In this Article—

“laying site” means a place used for keeping poultry for egg production; and

“rearing site” means a place used for rearing poultry intended for egg production.