Article 4 Amendment of the Diseases of Poultry (Wales) Order 2003

The Diseases of Poultry (Wales) Order 2003^f1 is amended as follows.

In article 3(2) for “declaratory Order” substitute “declaration”.

After article 4, insert—

“Notification procedure where an infection with Avian Mycoplasmosis is known or suspected

4A.

(1)

A person who—

(a)

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

(b)

knows or reasonably suspects that the bird or carcase is infected with Avian Mycoplasmosis (infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. meleagridis),

must give notice of this knowledge or suspicion as soon as practicable to the Welsh Ministers.

(2)

This article applies only to domestic fowl and turkeys.

Notification procedure where an infection with Avian Chlamydiosis is known or suspected

4B.

(1)

A person who—

(a)

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

(b)

knows or reasonably suspects that the bird or carcase is infected with Avian Chlamydiosis,

must give notice of this knowledge or suspicion as soon as practicable to the Welsh Ministers.

(2)

This article applies only to birds of the psittacines order.”

In article 9—