Explanatory note

This Order amends the Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries (Registration and Testing) Order 1989. The requirement for the appropriate Minister to make the Breeding Flocks Register and the Hatcheries Register available for public inspection is omitted (article 2(b)). The Order confirms that the duty of a registered person under article 6(a) of the 1989 Order concerning the taking of samples is applied even where only one bird is kept in a house (article 2(c)(i)). However, as before, the 1989 Order will require a person to be registered only if he keeps a breeding flock which consists of not less than 25 birds.