Identification of poultry premises
6.—(1) Any person who keeps 50 or more poultry on commercial poultry premises shall make a written record of the following—
(a)the address of the premises and their holding number (if they have one);
(b)the owner of the poultry and the person with day to day management of the premises where they are kept (if different);
(c)the species kept at the premises;
(d)the husbandry system or systems in use at the premises (for example, whether poultry are kept for meat, hatching eggs, or eggs for consumption);
(e)the maximum number of each species of poultry that could be present on the premises;
(f)any factors (such as seasonal stocking variations) which might result in significant differences in the numbers or species of poultry on the premises;
(g)the number and species of any poultry with access to the open air;
(h)the presence on or in the vicinity of the premises of any body of water which attracts wild birds;
(i)such other information as the Secretary of State requires for the purpose of carrying out a risk assessment under regulation 4 or 5 or otherwise complying with the Commission Decision.
(2) The person who makes this written record shall notify this information to the Secretary of State by the date which the Secretary of State shall specify in further regulations.
(3) The person who makes the written record shall inform the Secretary of State if poultry have not been kept on the premises for over a year.