Killing of poultry and other captive birds
47.—(1) The National Assembly must ensure that poultry and other captive birds on infected premises which are to be killed on the premises under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act are killed as soon as possible.
(2) The occupier of a slaughterhouse must ensure that poultry from infected premises are slaughtered as soon as possible.
(3) The National Assembly must not authorise the movement of birds to a slaughterhouse unless it is satisfied that the movement would not significantly increase the risk of the spread of low pathogenic avian influenza.
(4) The National Assembly must ensure that birds are killed or slaughtered in such a way as to minimise the risk of the spread of avian influenza.