Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales

    " (1) No person shall move or cause or permit to be moved any animal from the premises on which the animals are kept except under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister or an inspector and in accordance with the conditions thereof.

    (2) No person shall permit any animal to come into contact with any other animal except for one kept on the same premises except under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister or an inspector and in accordance with the conditions thereof.

    (3) No person shall move any animal on public or private roads (other than the service roads of premises) except under the authority of a licence issued by an inspector or the Minister and in accordance with the conditions thereof but it shall not be unlawful under this provision for an animal to be moved in transit through the restricted infected area by motorway, trunk road or railway."

    (3). The following additional provisions shall apply to a restricted infected area:

(a) no person shall drive or move any vehicle or machine into or out of any relevant premises without having first cleaned its exterior, interior and undersides so as to remove all visible traces of mud, slurry, animal faeces, dropping or excretions or other similar matter and without, at the point of entry to and exit from those premises, having cleansed and disinfected the tyres (including the whole circumference of their treads), wheel arches, mudguards and mudflaps of the vehicle;

(b) no person shall enter or leave any premises on which animals are kept wearing clothing or boots which are visibly contaminated with mud, slurry, animal faeces, droppings or excretions or any other similar matter or without cleansing and disinfecting the outer surfaces of their footwear on entering or leaving those premises;

(c) any person who tends any animal shall not leave the premises on which the animal is kept wearing the outer clothing and footwear worn whilst tending the animal unless that clothing and footwear have been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected after the last occasion on which the animal was tended;

(d) the owner or occupier of any premises where animals are kept shall maintain a footbath containing an approved disinfectant in some convenient place at every exit from those premises and renew the disinfectant as frequently as is necessary to maintain a clean solution and whenever so directed by an inspector;

(e) no person shall discharge slurry originating from any animal by means of equipment which produces a jet or spray, except under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector of the Minister and in accordance with such conditions as may be specified therein; and

(f) no person shall move or cause or permit to be moved onto or from any relevant premises any milk, silage, fodder or other animal feed except under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector of the Minister, and in accordance with such conditions as may be specified therein.

    (4) In this Part "relevant premises" means any premises, the predominant use of which is not as a domestic dwelling, on which animals are kept or have been kept at any time within the period of 56 days before the declaration of the restricted infected area.".

" (or, in the case of a knacker's yard an inspector)".

(a) the occupier of any land, or for a member of a shooting party consisting of not more than three persons who are authorised by the occupier or are members or his household or who are persons employed by him as beaters to shoot or attempt to shoot any deer found on that land; or

(b) a person to cull deer under the authority of a licence granted by an inspector and subject to any conditions set out therein.".

(a) the removal of all relevant notices in accordance with paragraph (3) above; or

(b) a declaration of the Minister, published in such manner as he sees fit.".

(a) prohibit the movement of any person into, within or out of that place;

(b) prohibit the movement of any animal, poultry or thing into, within or out of that place;

(c) require the detention or isolation of any animals, poultry or things in that place or require animals or poultry to be kept separate from other animals or poultry;

(d) require the destruction, burial, disposal or treatment of any thing in that place;

(e) require the cleansing and disinfection of that place or of part of it or of any thing in that place or require any person to disinfect himself; or

(f) impose any other requirements with respect to that place or any animal, poultry or thing in that place, in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notice.

    (3) A veterinary inspector may, for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease, by notice in writing served on the owner or person in charge of any animal, poultry or thing - 

(a) prohibit or require the movement of any animal, poultry or thing;

(b) require the detention or isolation of any animals, poultry or things or require animals or poultry to be kept separate from other animals or poultry;

(c) require the destruction, burial, disposal or treatment of any thing;

(d) require the cleansing and disinfection of any thing or require any person to disinfect himself; or

(e) impose any other requirements with respect to any animal, poultry or thing,

in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notice.

    (4) If, by virtue of any notice served under paragraph (2) or (3) above, any cleansing or disinfection is required to be carried out, it shall, unless the notice otherwise requires, be carried out by and at the expense of the person on whom the notice is served.

    (5) For the purposes of this article - 

"animal" means any kind of four-footed beast;

"thing" includes an animal product, carcase, embryo, ovum, semen, poultry carcase, milk, milk product, fodder, litter, dung, straw, slurry, utensil, pen, hurdle, vehicle, equipment and clothing.".