{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014/schedule-3A/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014/schedule-3A/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1894",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-swine-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Movement of animal by-products obtained from pigs kept on premises in certain controlled zones",
  "text": "(1) Except in accordance with a licence granted under sub-paragraph (2), a person must not—\n(a) move animal by-products within or out of a protection zone or a surveillance zone, if the animal by-products were obtained from pigs kept on premises in either of those zones;\n(b) move animal by-products out of a restricted zone 2 or restricted zone 3, if the animal by-products were obtained from pigs kept on premises in either of those zones.\n(2) A licensing officer may license the movement of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) if the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a), (b) or (c) are met.\n(3) The requirements are that—\n(a) the movement is to an approved animal by-products plant and—\n(i) where the movement is within or out of a protection zone, the transportation vehicle is sealed, after the animal by-products are loaded, by a licensing officer or under a licensing officer’s supervision;\n(ii) the animal by-products are collected, stored and transported separately from other pig products that are not eligible to be moved under these Regulations; and\n(iii) the movement is for the purpose of disposal or processing in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1069/2009;\n(b) the movement is of animal by-products obtained from pigs kept on premises in a restricted zone 2 or a restricted zone 3 to a temporary collection plant and—\n(i) the animal by-products are collected, stored and transported separately from other pig products that are not eligible to be moved under these Regulations; and\n(ii) the movement is for the purpose of disposal or processing in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1069/2009;\n(c) the movement is a qualifying movement of manure, slurry containing material of swine origin, used bedding or used litter, and those animal by-products are collected, stored and transported separately from other pig products that are not eligible to be moved under these Regulations.\n(4) In sub-paragraph (3)(c) a “qualifying movement” is a movement—\n(a) from premises in a protection zone or a restricted zone 3 for disposal at landfill after processing in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1069/2009; or\n(b) from premises in a surveillance zone or a restricted zone 2, either—\n(i) without processing, to an authorised landfill located in one of those zones; or\n(ii) after processing, to an authorised landfill.\n(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4), “an authorised landfill” means a landfill in England in relation to which a permit issued under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 subsists.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/475), art. 1(1), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1894/schedule/3A/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:09:21.620651+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."
}