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The Specified Animal Pathogens Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Extension of the definition of “animal”, “poultry” and “disease”

  5. 4.Prohibitions in relation to specified animal pathogens

  6. 5.Exceptions

  7. 6.Powers of inspectors

  8. 7.Improvement notices

  9. 8.Prohibition notices

  10. 9.Appeals against improvement and prohibition notices

  11. 10.Licences

  12. 11.Revocation

  13. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Specified animal pathogens

      1. PART I

        1. 1.African horse sickness virus

        2. 2.African swine fever virus

        3. 3.Aujeszky’s disease virus

        4. 4.Avian influenza viruses that are — (a) uncharacterised;

        5. 5.Babesia bovis

        6. 6.Babesia bigemina

        7. 7.Babesia caballi

        8. 8.Bacillus anthracis

        9. 9.Bluetongue virus

        10. 10.Bovine leucosis virus

        11. 11.Brucella abortus

        12. 12.Brucella melitensis

        13. 13.Brucella ovis

        14. 14.Brucella suis

        15. 15.Burkholderia mallei

        16. 16.Classical swine fever virus

        17. 17.Cochliomyia hominivorax

        18. 18.Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis viruses

        19. 19.Echinococcus multilocularis

        20. 20.Echniococcus granulosus

        21. 21.Ehrlichia ruminantium

        22. 22.Equine infectious anemia virus

        23. 23.Foot and mouth disease virus

        24. 24.Hendra disease virus

        25. 25.Histoplasma farciminosum

        26. 26.Japanese encephalitis virus

        27. 27.Lumpy skin disease virus

        28. 28.Maedi-Visna

        29. 29.Mycoplasma agalactiae

        30. 30.Mycoplasma capricolum sub species capripneumoniae

        31. 31.Mycoplasma mycoides sub species mycoides SC and mycoides LC variants...

        32. 32.Mycoplasma mycoides var capri

        33. 33.Newcastle disease (avian paramyxovirus type 1) viruses which are—

        34. 34.Nipah disease virus

        35. 35.Peste des petits ruminants virus

        36. 36.Rabies virus and all viruses of the genus Lyssavirus

        37. 37.Rift Valley Fever virus

        38. 38.Rinderpest virus

        39. 39.St. Louis equine encephalomyelitis virus

        40. 40.Sheep and goat pox virus

        41. 41.Swine vesicular disease virus

        42. 42.Teschen disease virus

        43. 43.Theileria annulata

        44. 44.Theileria equi

        45. 45.Theileria parva

        46. 46.Trichinella spiralis

        47. 47.Trypanosoma brucei

        48. 48.Trypanosoma congolense

        49. 49.Trypanosoma equiperdum

        50. 50.Trypanosoma evansi

        51. 51.Trypanosoma simiae

        52. 52.Trypanosoma vivax

        53. 53.Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus

        54. 54.Vesicular stomatitis virus

        55. 55.West Nile virus

      2. PART II

        1. 56.The live virus causing viral hæmorrhagic disease of rabbits

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Powers of inspectors

      1. 1.General powers of inspectors

      2. 2.Seizure of pathogens

      3. 3.Cleansing and disinfection

      4. 4.Production of licences

  14. Explanatory Note

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