{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-wales-order-2006/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-wales-order-2006/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2006/3310",
  "legislation_title": "The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (Wales) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-wild-birds-wales-order-2006",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Duty to inspect poultry premises",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 8(9), the National Assembly must ensure that—\n(a) premises where poultry are kept within the wild bird control area and the wild bird monitoring area are identified as soon as is reasonably practicable; and\n(b) a veterinary inspector visits such premises within the wild bird control area at such frequency as the National Assembly considers necessary to monitor the possible spread of avian influenza.\n(2) Every veterinary inspector making such a visit must—\n(a) carry out a clinical inspection of poultry and any other captive birds that are on the premises and, if he or she is directed by the National Assembly, collect samples for laboratory examination; and\n(b) assess the extent to which the biosecurity measures referred to in Schedule 3 are being applied.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 11(1)(b) substituted (19.11.2021 at 5.55 p.m.) by The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1292), arts. 1(2), 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/3310/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:02:13.893087+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."
}