The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

PART II Specific Requirements

1.  In this Part of this Schedule “the quarantine period” has the meaning given in paragraphs 2 and 3 below.

2.  Birds shall be quarantined for a period (“the quarantine period”) of at least 30 days at the quarantine centre or quarantine facility to which they have been conveyed from the border inspection post and in the case of a quarantine facility at which consignments arriving at different dates are quarantined, the quarantine period shall be extended to expire no sooner than 30 days after the last consignment arrived at the quarantine facility.

3.  No bird at a quarantine centre may share a quarantine unit with any other bird unless that other bird arrived in the same consignment as the first bird, and in the event that one bird shares a quarantine unit with another bird, the quarantine period for any bird in the quarantine unit shall be extended to expire no sooner than 30 days after the last bird was placed in the quarantine unit.

4.  Psittaciformes shall be identified individually in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 2B of Annex B to the Decision.

5.  The use of sentinel chickens shall conform with Article 4.2 of the Decision.

6.  Suitable arrangements shall be made for the taking of samples by a veterinary inspector in accordance with Articles 4.1, 4.3, 4.4.c, 4.4.d, and 4.5 of the Decision.

7.  The presence or suspected presence of disease in a bird at a quarantine centre or quarantine facility, and the death of any bird during their quarantine period shall be reported to the veterinary inspector supervising the quarantine centre or quarantine facility as soon as is reasonably practicable.

8.  The destruction, cleansing and disinfection and post infection sampling from sentinel chickens or other birds in other units (in the case of quarantine centres), and the restrictions on movements onto or off the quarantine centre or quarantine facility shall conform with Article 4.4 of the Decision, unless notice is served under regulation 22(2)(b).

9.  Cages and crates used for the transport of birds to the quarantine centre or quarantine facility shall be destroyed by the quarantine manager in such a way as to avoid the spread of disease, unless the cages or crates are made of a material which allows effective cleaning and disinfection, in which case they may be cleansed, disinfected and re used.

10.  Litter and waste material from the quarantine centre or quarantine facility shall be collected, stored and treated as approved or required in writing by the official veterinarian in accordance with paragraph 9 of Chapter 2A of Annex B to the Decision and in any event so as to avoid spread of disease.

11.  Records shall be maintained and retained for at least one year–

(a) in respect of each consignment of the date, number and species of captive birds entering and leaving the quarantine centre or facility;

(b) of individual identification numbers of psittaciformes held at the quarantine centre or quarantine facility;

(c) of any significant observations as to the condition of captive birds during quarantine;

(d) of illness and number of deaths, recorded on a daily basis;

(e) of dates and results of veterinary tests carried out in respect of captive birds during quarantine; and

(f) of names of persons entering the quarantine centre or quarantine facility, including the authority by which entry was gained.

12.  A copy of the health certificate and the common veterinary entry document referred to in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2004 which accompanies the captive birds upon import shall be kept for at least one year after the arrival of a captive bird at the quarantine centre or quarantine facility.