The Classical Swine Fever (Scotland) Order 2003 No. 426

Article 14(2)

SCHEDULE 2 MEASURES WHICH APPLY IN AN INFECTED AREA ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE 14

PART I Measures which apply to holdings and other places in the infected area

Census of feral pigs

1.  The occupier shall co-operate with any veterinary inspector in the preparation of a census consisting of a record by category of feral pigs kept by that occupier and shall ensure that the census is kept up to date and made available for inspection, on request, to an inspector. In any case where feral pigs are not kept within any premises, the first census prepared by that occupier may be based on an estimate.

Isolation of pigs

2.  The occupier of any holding shall ensure that–

(a) all pigs on that holding are restricted to their living quarters or to some other part of the holding where they can be isolated from feral pigs; and

(b) feral pigs are prevented from gaining access to any material that might come into contact with pigs on that holding.

Movement of feral pigs

3.  No person shall move a feral pig or the carcase of a feral pig onto or off any holding unless licensed to do so by a veterinary inspector.

Bio-security

4.  The occupier shall ensure that appropriate means of disinfection are provided and used at the entrances and exits of those parts of any holding, slaughterhouse, knacker’s yard or other place in which any pig is being kept and of those premises.

Dead or diseased feral pigs

5.  The occupier shall notify the Divisional Veterinary Manager of any dead or diseased feral pig on any holding or other place and shall retain the carcase of any dead feral pig on that holding or other place until that occupier receives notification from a veterinary inspector that it is no longer necessary to do so.

Feral pigs

6.  No person shall bring on to a holding, slaughterhouse, or knacker’s yard in the infected area–

(a) the carcase of a feral pig; or

(b) any material or equipment which could have had contact with a feral pig in the infected area.

PART II Measures which apply in the infected area

Export of pigs, semen, ova or embryos from the infected area

7.  No person shall move any pig, or any pig semen, or the ovum or embryo of a pig from the infected area for the purpose of export to another Member State.

Notification of feral pig carcases

8.  Any person who shoots, or finds the carcase of, a feral pig in an infected area shall inform the Divisional Veterinary Manager as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 24 hours. Any person who has shot such a pig shall keep its carcase for at least 24 hours and make it available to the Divisional Veterinary Manager for any sampling or testing which the Divisional Veterinary Manager may consider appropriate.