{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-england-order-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-england-order-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3249",
  "legislation_title": "The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-england-order-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Prohibition on the movement of hatching eggs from a wild bird control area",
  "text": "(1) No person may move any hatching egg which was collected from premises within a wild bird control area from premises in that area except under the authority of a licence granted by a veterinary inspector or an inspector acting under his direction.\n(2) A veterinary inspector may not grant or direct the grant of a licence under sub-paragraph (1), unless it is for a movement of hatching eggs—\n(a) to a hatchery;\n(b) to a designated laboratory, institute or vaccine manufacturer for scientific, diagnostic or pharmaceutical uses;\n(c) to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 ;\n(d) for disposal.\n(3) A veterinary inspector may not grant or direct the grant of a licence for a movement to an undesignated hatchery in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(a) unless—\n(a) poultry on the premises from which the hatching egg is being moved have tested negative in a serological survey for avian influenza capable of detecting 5% prevalence of the disease with at least a 95% level of confidence, carried out to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State;\n(b) the eggs and their packaging are disinfected before dispatch; and\n(c) the eggs are transported in sealed vehicles.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 139, 30.4.04, p55. The revised text of the Regulation is contained in a corrigendum (OJ No L 226, 25.6.04, p22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3249/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:13:56.316011+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}