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Aujeszky's Disease Order 1983 (S.I. No. 344 of 1983).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
1983
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Pests/diseases Quarantine Inspection Swine Slaughtering Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order applies section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 on power to slaughter animals to Aujeszky's disease. It, among other things: requires give notice of the disease to an inspector or constable and to ensure that no animals, carcases or poultry move from premises where (suspected) affected animals are present; enables an inspector to declare certain premises as an infected place; requires a veterinary inspector to inquire into the existence of the disease and gives powers to examine, take samples from and mark animals or carcases for the purposes of such an inquiry; provides for the prohibition or regulation of the movement of animals, poultry and things and for the marking of animals and for the cleansing and disinfection of premises; and enables the Minister to declare an area to be an infected area from which movement of swine is regulated

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amended by

Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I No. 173 of 2013).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Institution, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX