PART 2

Confirmation or suspicion of H5N1

Additional measures
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1
The Scottish Ministers must, in their declaration of a wild bird control area or a wild bird monitoring area, impose additional measures if they consider that these are necessary to reduce the risk of the spread of avian influenza.
2
When deciding what measures to impose under paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers must consider whether measures are necessary–
a
to prevent direct or indirect contact which wild birds might otherwise have with poultry and other captive birds;
b
to reduce the risk of feed and water provided to poultry and other captive birds being contaminated with avian influenza virus or with any virus that causes avian influenza; and
c
to reduce the risk of the spread of avian influenza between premises.
3
The power of the Scottish Ministers to impose measures by declaration under this article includes the power to require–
a
poultry or other captive birds to be housed or otherwise kept separate from wild birds;
b
poultry or other captive birds or categories of such birds specified in the declaration to be housed or otherwise kept separate from other poultry and captive birds;
c
that poultry or other captive birds are provided with feed and water to which wild birds have no access; and
d
keepers of poultry or other captive birds and others who come into contact with such birds to cleanse and disinfect their footwear and take such other biosecurity measures as a veterinary inspector or an inspector under the direction of a veterinary inspector may require.