The Disease Control (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017

Amendment of Schedule 2 (Movements on to premises that do not trigger the standstill period)

2.—(1) Schedule 2 is amended as follows.

(2) Before paragraph 1 insert—

Movement of cattle, sheep and goats

Z1.  Arrival of cattle, sheep and goats on to the premises provided they are quarantined for 6 days after their arrival in a quarantine unit.

(3) In the heading before paragraph 1 and in paragraph 1, for “the Animal Gatherings (Wales) Order 2003” substitute “the Animal Gatherings (Wales) Order 2010”(1).

(4) In the heading before paragraph 3, for “the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2002” substitute “the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2011”.

(5) In paragraph 3, for “article 8(3)(b) of the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2002” substitute “article 21 of the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2011”.

(6) In paragraph 4—

(a)in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for “article 8(3)(b) of the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2002” substitute “article 21 of the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2011”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (1)(e), for “signs and sends to the local authority”, substitute “submits, in accordance with the terms of the licence under which the pig is moved, and”; and

(c)in sub-paragraph (2)(b)—

(i)for “sent” substitute “submitted”; and

(ii)omit “above to the local authority”.

(7) For paragraph 5 substitute—

Return of pigs, cattle, sheep or goats from a show or exhibition

5.(1) The return of cattle, sheep or goats from a show or exhibition to the premises from which they were consigned to that show or exhibition provided that the animals are quarantined for 6 days after their return in a quarantine unit.

(2) The return of pigs from a show or exhibition to the premises from which they were consigned to that show or exhibition provided that the animals are isolated for 20 days after their return in a facility approved for this purpose by a veterinary inspector.

(8) Omit paragraph 6.

(9) Omit paragraph 7.

(10) Omit paragraph 8.

(11) For paragraph 9 substitute—

9.  Arrival of cattle, sheep or goats which are being returned from an artificial insemination centre provided that they are quarantined for 6 days after their return in a quarantine unit.

(12) Omit paragraph 11.

(13) For paragraph 15 substitute—

Arrival from veterinary treatment, etc.

15.  The arrival of sheep, goats, cattle or pigs being returned to those premises from a place for veterinary treatment or of any offspring to which they have given birth while there provided that—

(a)in the case of pigs, they are isolated from all other animals for 20 days following their return; and

(b)in the case of sheep, goats and cattle, where those animals were held in a quarantine unit prior to movement to a place for veterinary treatment, they are quarantined for 6 days after their return in a quarantine unit less the number of days the animal was quarantined prior to movement for treatment.