The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Wales) Order 2003

Articles 3(3), (4) and (5), and 4(4)

SCHEDULE 2 Cleansing and disinfection of means of transport

Level of cleansing and disinfection

1.  All cleansing and disinfection must be carried out so as to reduce so far as reasonably practicable the risk of transmission of disease.

Parts of the means of transport required to be cleansed

2.—(1) In the case of animals not transported in a container—

(a) the following must be cleansed whether or not they are soiled: all the inside surfaces of those parts of the means of transport in which the animals are transported, and all parts of the means of transport to which the animals may have had access during the journey; and

(b) the following must be cleansed if they are soiled—

(i) any detachable fittings not used during the journey;

(ii) any other part of the means of transport; and

(iii) any equipment.

(2) In the case of animals transported in a container, the interior of the container must be cleansed whether or not it is soiled, and the exterior of the container and any parts of the means of transport carrying the container must be cleansed if they are soiled.

(3) For the purposes of article 3, every part of a means of transport required to be cleansed must also be disinfected.

Method of cleansing

3.  Cleansing must be carried out by removing any feedingstuffs to which animals have had access, bedding, excreta and other material of animal origin, mud and other contaminants using any appropriate means, and then cleansing with water, steam or where appropriate chemicals or chemical compounds (or, if necessary, any combination of these) until free of dirt.

Method of disinfection

4.  Anything to be disinfected under this Order must be disinfected after cleansing has been completed, using a disinfectant approved under the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978(1) at the concentration required under that Order for “General Orders”.

(1)

S.I. 1978/32, as amended by S.I. 1978/934.