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SCHEDULEPOULTRY BREEDING FLOCKS AND HATCHERIES SCHEME (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007

PART IINOTIFICATION OF HATCHERIES AND BREEDING FLOCKS

Notification of hatcheries

4.—(1) The occupier of a poultry hatchery with a total incubator capacity of 1000 eggs or more must notify the Department of the information in Annex 1, paragraph 1—

(a)in the case of a hatchery established after the date this Order comes into operation, within three months of the establishment of the hatchery; and

(b)in any other case within three months of the coming into operation of this Order.

(2) The occupier must notify the Department of any change or addition to that information within three months of the change or addition.

(3) This Article does not apply to any occupier who has notified the Department of that information under any other statutory provision.

Notification of breeding flocks

5.—(1) The occupier of a holding on which one or more breeding flocks of at least 250 poultry of any single species are kept must notify the Department of the information in Annex 1, paragraph 2—

(a)in the case of such a holding established after the coming into operation of this Order, within three months of the establishment of the holding; and

(b)in any other case within three months of the coming into operation of this Order.

(2) The occupier must notify the Department of any change or addition to that information within three months of the change or addition.

(3) This Article does not apply to any occupier who has notified the Department of that information under any other statutory provision.