The Aujeszky’s Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

PART 6 VACCINATION

Prohibition on vaccination

21.  It is an offence to vaccinate a pig against disease except—

(a) in accordance with article 22; or

(b) under the authority of a licence granted by the Department.

Compulsory vaccination

22.—(1) The Department may declare a vaccination zone in which the keepers of pigs in premises inside the zone shall ensure the vaccination of pigs on those premises in accordance with that declaration.

(2) A keeper who fails to vaccinate a pig in accordance with the declaration commits an offence.

(3) Premises partly inside and partly outside a vaccination zone are deemed as being inside the vaccination zone.

(4) In the case of pigs outside a vaccination zone, or if a vaccination zone has not been declared a veterinary inspector may serve a notice on a keeper of a pig requiring the keeper to ensure that the pig is vaccinated in accordance with the notice, and failure to comply with the notice is an offence.

Declaration of vaccination zones on confirmation of the disease in Northern Ireland

23.  A declaration of a zone under this Part—

(a) shall be in writing;

(b) shall designate the extent of the zone being declared;

(c) may be amended or revoked by further declaration at any time.

Vaccinated pigs

24.—(1) A person may not move or cause or permit to be moved a pig vaccinated in accordance with article 22(1) outside the vaccination zone except to a slaughterhouse designated for the purpose by the Department and under the authority of a licence granted by the Department.

(2) In the case of pigs vaccinated under article 22(4) a person shall not move or cause a pig to be moved except to a slaughterhouse designated for the purpose and under the authority of a licence granted by the Department.

(3) It is an offence to fail to comply with this article.