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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The African Swine Fever (Wales) Order 2003 (revoked), PART II.
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1. Subject to paragraph 2, no person may move or transport any pig on any public or private road (other than, where necessary, the service roads within the holding) within the surveillance zone unless licensed to do so by a veterinary inspector or by an inspector in accordance with the directions of a veterinary inspector.
2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 does not apply —E+W
(a)to the transport of pigs that were loaded on to a vehicle outside the surveillance zone and are transported through that zone without the vehicle being loaded or unloaded in the zone; or
(b)to the movement or transport of pigs from outside the surveillance zone with a view to immediate slaughter in a slaughterhouse within the surveillance zone provided that movement or transport has been licensed by a veterinary inspector or by an inspector in accordance with the directions of a veterinary inspector.
3. No person may move any livestock vehicle from the surveillance zone if it has been used to transport pigs, unless it has first been cleansed and disinfected and, if necessary, an acaricide has been applied, or unless it has been driven through the zone without being loaded or unloaded.E+W
4. The occupier of any holding within the surveillance zone must ensure that no other species of domestic animal enters or leaves that holding within seven days of the establishment of that zone unless licensed to do so by an inspector.E+W
5. No person may remove any pig semen, ovum or embryo from a holding within the surveillance zone.E+W
6. No person may move any pig off a holding in the surveillance zone for at least 30 days after the completion of the preliminary cleansing and disinfection of, and any application of an acaricide to, the infected holding. Thereafter no person may move any pig unless licensed to do so by a veterinary inspector or an inspector acting under the direction of an inspector.
7. When a holding has —E+W
(a)been within a surveillance zone for more than 40 days as a result of further outbreaks of the disease; and
(b)this has given rise to welfare or other problems in keeping the pigs on the holding,
pigs may be moved off that holding provided that the movement is licensed by a veterinary inspector or an inspector acting in accordance with the directions of a veterinary inspector.
8. If the Chief Veterinary Officer is satisfied following a sampling and testing programme that the disease no longer exists on the holding in question, the period of 30 days referred to in paragraph 6 above may by notice be reduced to 21 days and the period of 40 days referred to in paragraph 7 above may by notice be reduced to 30 days.E+W
9. The person in charge of any vehicle or equipment used for the transport of pigs, other livestock or material which may have been contaminated with the virus (for example, carcases, feed, manure and slurry) must ensure that it is cleansed and disinfected or otherwise treated as soon as possible after use and before it is used again in accordance with the directions of a veterinary inspector or an inspector or other person appointed by the National Assembly or the Secretary of State acting in accordance with the directions of a veterinary inspector.
10. No person may enter or leave any holding within the surveillance zone wearing clothing or footwear which is visibly contaminated with mud, slurry, animal faeces, droppings or excretions or any other similar matter except that such person may cleanse and disinfect the outer surfaces of his or her footwear on entering or leaving those premises.E+W
11. The occupier of any holding within the surveillance zone must notify the [F1Welsh Ministers] about any dead or diseased pigs on the holding.E+W
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 11 substituted (1.4.2010) by The Animal Health (Divisional Veterinary Managers) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/618), arts. 1, 2(1), Sch. 1
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