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Regulation 5 Prohibition on vaccination

United Kingdom

(1)

No person shall vaccinate any bird against avian influenza except where required or licensed by the Secretary of State.

(2)

This prohibition does not apply to—

(a)

anything done under the authority of a licence granted under article 4 of the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998f1; or

(b)

administration of a vaccine for research purposes in accordance with an animal test certificate granted under F1regulation 3(2)(b) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 5(2)(b) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), regs. 1(2), 35

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1998/463, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.