Regulation 10 Restrictions relating to vaccinated zoo birdsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person shall not move any vaccinated zoo bird except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department.

(2)

The Department may only licence the movement of vaccinated zoo birds—

(a)

to a zoo in the United Kingdom or in F1a member State; or

(b)

directly to a third country.

(3)

The Department shall not licence a movement to F2a member State or to a third country unless its competent authority has authorised the movement.

(4)

An inspector must supervise any movement licenced under paragraph (2) while the bird is in Northern Ireland.

(5)

A person shall not release any vaccinated zoo bird into the wild except under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Department.

(6)

A person shall not supply or sell, for human consumption, any product from a vaccinated zoo bird.

(7)

In this regulation, “competent authority” means—

(a)

in relation to a member State, the authority of a member State competent to carry out physical checks or administrative formalities in accordance with Council Directive 2005/94/EC on F3the European Union measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC F4as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/662, ^f1 or any authority to which such competencies are delegated; and

(b)

in relation to third countries, the authority in that third country authorised to regulate the importation of zoo birds.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 10(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/111), regs. 1(1), 8(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Word in reg. 10(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/111), regs. 1(1), 8(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Rule substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6, 8-10
F4: Words in reg. 10(7)(a) inserted (11.4.2019) by The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/82), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 16

Commencement

I1: Reg. 10 in operation at 10.2.2007, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: O.J. No. L10, 14.1.2006, p. 16