The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014

Initial measures following notification E+W+S

6.—(1) This regulation applies where the appropriate authority receives a notification under regulation 5, and a veterinary inspector considers that further investigation relating to the possible presence of disease is necessary.

(2) A veterinary inspector must examine the pig or carcase, and may examine any other pig or carcase on the same premises.

(3) A veterinary inspector must as soon as reasonably practicable orally inform (followed up by service of a notice by a veterinary inspector or by an inspector under the direction of a veterinary inspector) the occupier that the further investigation will be undertaken, and except in the case of a notification involving a feral pig or feral pig carcase, the occupier so informed must comply with the initial measures set down in paragraph (4).

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the initial measures are—

(a) not to move, or permit to be moved—

(i) the pig or carcase which is the subject of the notification from the premises where it is located;

(ii) any other pig or carcase to or from those premises;

(iii) any other animal from those premises if the veterinary inspector is of the opinion that it is likely to spread disease;

(iv) any thing off those premises unless the veterinary inspector is of the opinion that it is not likely to spread disease;

(b) to ensure that any person who has been in contact with any pig or carcase, or who has been on any part of the premises that may be contaminated with disease, takes all necessary biosecurity precautions to reduce the risk of spreading disease before leaving the premises; and

(c) where the occupier is an operator of a slaughterhouse—

(i) not to permit any pig to be slaughtered unless authorised by a veterinary inspector; and

(ii) to identify and isolate any carcase in respect of which the notification requirements in regulation 5 apply, any carcase originating from the same premises (and any carcase that has been in contact with any such carcase) so that such carcases do not come into contact with any other pig or carcase at the slaughterhouse.

(5) In the case of a notification involving a feral pig or feral pig carcase the occupier must comply with any initial measures that are required by the veterinary inspector.

(6) The initial measures required under this regulation continue to apply until—

(a) a veterinary inspector informs the occupier that the presence of disease on the premises is not suspected;

(b) the premises are designated by notice as suspect premises by an inspector in accordance with regulation 7(2); or

(c) the occupier is notified that the measures no longer apply.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 6 in force at 14.8.2014, see reg. 1(1)(c)