The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Cleansing, disinfection and treatment

66.—(1) A person who is required under these Regulations to cleanse, disinfect or treat any premises (other than a regulated place) or any thing (including any vehicle under his control) on those premises must do so in accordance with Schedule 3.

(2) A person who is required under these Regulations to cleanse, disinfect or treat a regulated place, any thing on those premises or any vehicle not referred to in paragraph (1) must do so in accordance with the instructions of an inspector.

(3) The occupier of any premises required to be cleansed or disinfected under these Regulations, or on which cleansing and disinfection of any vehicle is so required, must provide adequate facilities, equipment and materials to carry out such cleansing and disinfection.

(4) An inspector may, by notice served on the occupier of premises referred to in paragraph (1), provide that part of the premises which is the subject of that notice and which would otherwise be subject to the measures in Schedule 3 may be subject instead to the measures in paragraph (2).

(5) A person who is required to disinfect under these Regulations must—

(a) use disinfectants approved by the Department under the Diseases of Animals (Approval of Disinfectants) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972(1) for the purposes of avian influenza;

(b) use them at the concentrations approved under that Order; and

(c) use them in accordance with—

(i) the instructions of the manufacturer (if any), or

(ii) (if different) the instructions of an inspector.

(6) An inspector may, by notice served on the occupier of any premises where avian influenza has been confirmed—

(a) prohibit the keeping of poultry or other captive birds on the premises or on any part of the premises where he believes avian influenza virus may still exist; and

(b) prohibit the entry of a person, vehicle, poultry, other captive birds, mammals or thing onto a premises or part of premises which he believes cannot be cleansed and disinfected.

(7) An inspector must not revoke a notice served under paragraph (6) unless—

(a) at least a year has passed since the date the notice was served; or

(b) (in the case of fields on the premises or of any other part of the premises which is not a building or part of a building), the Department has confirmed that he may do so.

(8) An inspector may prohibit the movement of poultry, other captive birds, mammals or vehicles to or from any premises until cleansing and disinfection have been completed to the satisfaction of the inspector.

(9) An inspector may, in the case of vehicles, prohibit their movement until cleansing and disinfection have been completed to the satisfaction of the inspector.

(1)

S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No 16 as amended by S.R. 1975 No. 69, S.R. 1995 No. 467 and S.R. 2006 No. 42