The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006

Identification of poultry premises

7.—(1) A person who, at the date these Regulations come into force, is the keeper of 50 or more poultry at any one premises must notify the Secretary of State 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) his name and address and, if different, those of—

(i) the owner of the poultry; and

(ii) the occupier of the premises;

(c) the species kept at the premises;

(d) the husbandry system or systems in use at the premises, including whether poultry are kept for the production of—

(i) meat;

(ii) hatching eggs; or

(iii) eggs for consumption;

(e) the number of each species of poultry usually kept at the premises;

(f) the incubator capacity of any hatchery;

(g) details of any seasonal stocking variations which might result in significant differences in the numbers or species of poultry on the premises;

(h) the number of each species of poultry with access to the open air; and

(i) the presence on or in the vicinity of the premises of any body of water which attracts wild birds.

(2) A notification under paragraph (1) must be made within 1 month of the date these Regulations come into force.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any person who notified the Secretary of State under regulation 6(2) of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) Regulations 2005(1) or regulation 6(2) of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (No 2) Regulations 2005(2) (together, “the old Regulations”).

(4) A person who becomes the keeper of 50 or more poultry at any one premises after the date these Regulations come into force must notify the information referred to in paragraph (1) to the Secretary of State in writing within 1 month of becoming so.

(5) A person who has made a notification under the old Regulations or under this regulation must notify the Secretary of State in writing within 1 month of the following—

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

(b) an increase or decrease of 20% or more in a number referred to in paragraph (1)(e) or (h), unless this is due to usual management fluctuations.

(6) The Secretary of State may, by notice, require any person who has notified under the old Regulations or under this regulation to notify him of—

(a) any changes to the information so notified; and

(b) any other information the Secretary of State reasonably requires to carry out functions under these Regulations or the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) Order 2006(3).

(7) A person required to notify under paragraph (6) must do so within 1 month of receiving a notice from the Secretary of State.

(8) In this regulation, “usual management fluctuations” means—

(a) the emptying of poultry houses or hatcheries for immediate restocking; and

(b) seasonal stocking.

(1)

S.I. 2005/2989.

(2)

S.I. 2005/3394.

(3)

S.I. 2006/1197.