Article 9 Additional temporary measures in the event of confirmation of cases of HPAI in wild birds

United Kingdom

Where the presence of the HPAI virus is confirmed in samples taken from one or more wild birds or their faeces and where an increased risk for virus introduction into holdings or a possible risk for public health has been identified, F1the appropriate Minister shall take additional temporary measures in the vicinity of that finding, which shall include:

(a)

the implementation of risk mitigation and reinforced biosecurity measures in accordance with Article 4;

(b)

increased surveillance in wild birds in accordance with Article 8;

(c)

if necessary, epidemiological investigations and visits to holdings including as appropriate, sampling and testing for HPAI;

(d)

the introduction and reinforcement of early detection systems in accordance with Article 7.

F2The appropriate Minister may limit the application of some of the measures referred to in paragraph 1, if the risk of the introduction of the HPAI virus is deemed by the competent authority to be negligible for certain parts of the F3... territory or certain types of holdings.

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Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 19(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 19(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Word in Art. 9(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 19(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)