Amendment of the Diseases of Poultry (Scotland) Order 2003

4.—(1) The Diseases of Poultry (Scotland) Order 2003(1) is amended in accordance with this article.

(2) After article 3 (interpretation)(2) insert—

Notification procedures to be taken where infection with avian mycoplasmosis or avian chlamydiosis is suspected

3A.   A person who—

(a) analyses a sample taken from a bird or carcase, and

(b) reasonably suspects that the bird or carcase is infected with avian mycoplasmosis (infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. meleagridis) or avian chlamydiosis,

must immediately inform an authorised veterinary inspector of that suspicion.”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2003/354.

(2)

Article 3 was relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2013/173.