The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024

• “access to the open air” includes birds housed outdoors in a fully or partially caged, meshed or netted structure, and birds temporarily removed from their housing in order to be flown freely;

Identification of premises where birds are kept5

1

A person who, at 1 September 2024, is the keeper of any birds at any premises, must notify the Scottish Ministers in writing of the following, in relation to each such premises—

a

the address and holding number (if it has one) of the premises;

b

that person’s name and address and, if different, those of—

i

the owner of the birds; and

ii

the occupier of the premises;

c

the species of bird kept at the premises;

d

the number of each species of bird kept at the premises;

e

the purpose for which the birds are kept.

2

A person who, at 1 September 2024, is the keeper of 50 or more birds at any premises, must notify the Scottish Ministers in writing of the following additional information, in relation to each such premises—

a

the husbandry system in use at the premises, including whether any poultry are kept and if so whether for the production of—

i

meat;

ii

hatching eggs;

iii

eggs for consumption;

b

the incubator capacity of any hatchery;

c

details of any seasonal stocking variations which might result in significant differences in the number or species of bird on the premises;

d

the number of each species of bird with access to the open air.

3

A person must make a notification under paragraphs (1) and (2) within three months of 1 September 2024.

4

A person who becomes the keeper of—

a

any birds at any premises after 1 September 2024 must notify the information referred to in paragraph (1);

b

50 or more birds must notify the information referred to in paragraph (2);

to the Scottish Ministers in writing within three months.

5

A person keeping any birds at any premises must make a notification under paragraphs (1), (2) or (4) annually, within one month of the end of each period of one year subsequent to the initial notification.

6

A person who has made a notification under paragraphs (1), (2), (4) or (5) of this article must notify the Scottish Ministers in writing within one month of the following—

a

where the person is the keeper of any birds at any premises—

i

a change to the information referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c);

ii

the person is no longer a keeper of any birds at any premises or has become a keeper to which article 5A (requirement to notify premises where birds are kept: exceptions) applies;

b

where the person is the keeper of 50 or more birds at any premises, an increase or decrease of 20% or more in a number referred to in paragraph (1)(d) or (2)(d), unless this is due to usual management fluctuations.

7

The Scottish Ministers may, by notice, require any person who has notified them under this article to notify them, in addition, of any changes to the information so notified.

8

A person required to notify under paragraph (7) must do so within one month of receiving a notice from the Scottish Ministers.

9

In this article, “usual management fluctuations” means—

a

the emptying of poultry houses or hatcheries for immediate restocking;

b

seasonal stocking.

Requirement to notify premises where birds are kept: exceptions5A

The requirement to notify the Scottish Ministers under article 5 (identification of premises where birds are kept) does not apply to keepers of birds where the only birds kept at any premises—

a

belong to the order Psittaciformes or Passeriformes; and

b

are housed fully within a dwelling or within a structure on the premises with no access to the open air.