# The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995, Article 14: Licensing of collecting centres

Extent: E+W+S

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to operate a collecting centre for pigs unless the centre is a market or assembly centre approved under regulation 5 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1993 or it is licensed under this article.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4) below, an inspector of a local authority may issue a licence authorising the use of any premises as a collecting centre for pigs.
(3) A licence under paragraph (2) above shall specify that it applies—
(a) to pigs intended for fattening or for breeding; or
(b) to pigs intended for immediate slaughter; or
(c) to pigs intended for direct export to anywhere other than a member State,
which are accompanied by a declaration in the form set out in Schedule 2 or a licence in the form set out in Schedule 7.
(4) An inspector shall not issue a licence under paragraph (2) above unless—
(a) the conditions specified in article 13(2)(a) are met in relation to those premises;
(b) no pig will remain there for a period of more than six days; and
(c) for at least one day no pig will remain on the premises after the premises have been so used for a continuous period of six days.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/11/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-order-1995/article-14
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