Made | 4th May 2007 | ||
Coming into operation | 28th May 2007 |
Interpretation
2.
—(1) In this Order—
(2) Any notice served under this Order shall be in writing, may be made subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by a further notice in writing at any time.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[4] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Cleansing and disinfection in relation to the transport of hoofed animals and poultry
3.
—(1) This Article shall apply in relation to the transport of––
and references in this Article to "animal" shall be read accordingly.
(2) This Article shall not apply in the circumstances set out in Schedule 2.
(3) The user of any means of transport which has been used to transport any animal, or anything which may give rise to a risk of transmission of disease, shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and not more than 24 hours after the journey is completed, ensure that it and any equipment are cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 1 or (in the case of a container) destroyed.
(4) A person shall not use, or cause or permit the use of, any means of transport to transport any animal unless the means of transport and any equipment have been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 1 since they were last used to transport any animal, or anything which may give rise to a risk of transmission of disease.
(5) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (4), if a means of transport or any equipment has become soiled so that it may give rise to a risk of transmission of disease since last being cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4), a person shall not load, or cause or permit to be loaded, any animal into the means of transport unless the soiled parts of the means of transport or the equipment have been cleansed and disinfected again in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of Schedule 1.
(6) The 24 hour period specified in paragraph (3) shall commence when the last animal in a consignment, or anything which may give rise to a transmission of disease, whichever is the later, has been unloaded from the means of transport.
Cleansing and disinfection in relation to the transport of horses
4.
—(1) Any person transporting, or causing or permitting the transport of horses shall ensure that—
(2) A person shall not use, or cause or permit the use of, any means of transport to transport any animal to which Article 3 applies unless the means of transport and any equipment have been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 1 since they were last used to transport a horse.
(3) Cleansing and disinfection under this Article shall be carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of Schedule 1.
(4) This Article shall not apply in the circumstances set out in Schedule 2.
Drivers' cabs
5.
Nothing in this Order shall require the use of disinfectant inside the driver's cab of any means of transport.
Disposal of material after cleansing
6.
—(1) The person responsible for cleansing the means of transport and any equipment under this Order shall ensure that all feedingstuffs to which animals have had access, litter, excreta and other material of animal origin, and other contaminants removed from the means of transport are—
(2) This Article shall not apply to any material required to be disposed of under the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003[5].
Powers of inspectors, etc.
7.
—(1) Where an inspector is satisfied that a means of transport or any equipment either—
he may serve a notice on any person appearing to him to be in charge of that means of transport or equipment.
(2) A notice served under paragraph (1) may—
(3) Where a notice is served under paragraph (1), the cleansing and disinfection shall be carried out in accordance with Schedule 1 unless the notice specifies a different method of cleansing and disinfection.
(4) An inspector may serve a notice on any person who is required to carry out cleansing and disinfection in accordance with Articles 3 or 4 requiring him to carry out the cleansing and disinfection as specified in the notice instead of in accordance with the Schedule if he is satisfied that this is necessary for animal health purposes.
(5) Where a person fails to comply with a notice served under this Article, an inspector may, without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence arising out of the default, arrange for the provisions of the notice to be complied with.
Revocation and saving
8.
—(1) The Transport of Animals and Poultry (Cleansing and Disinfection) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 is hereby revoked[6].
(2) Nothing in this Order shall affect the operation of any other Order, made under the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, requiring the cleansing and disinfection of vehicles for the purposes of that Order.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on
4th May 2007
L.S.
E. Redmond
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
(b) the following shall be cleansed if they are soiled—
(2) In the case of animals transported in a container, the interior of the container shall be cleansed whether or not it is soiled, and the exterior of the container and any parts of the means of transport carrying the container shall be cleansed if they are soiled.
(3) The wheels, mudguards and wheel arches of the means of transport shall be cleansed whether or not they are soiled and whether or not the animals were transported in a container.
(4) For the purposes of Article 3, every part of a means of transport required to be cleansed shall also be disinfected.
Method of cleansing
3.
Cleansing shall be by removing any feedingstuffs to which the animals have had access, litter, excreta and other material of animal origin, mud and other contaminants using any appropriate means, and then cleansing with water, steam or where appropriate chemicals or chemical compounds (or, if necessary, any combination of these) until free of dirt.
Disinfection after cleansing
4.
Everything required to be cleansed under this Order shall be disinfected after cleansing has been completed, using an approved disinfectant at the concentration specified by the manufacturer.
if Article 3 is complied with in relation to the first and last journeys of the day.
(2) In this paragraph, the transport of animals takes place over the course of a single day even if—
(3) This paragraph shall not apply to journeys between markets.
Transport of certain horses
3.
The transport of—
if Article 4 is complied with in relation to the first and last journeys of the day.
Journeys to or from livestock or horse shows not in the course of a single day
4.
The transport of animals from their premises of origin to a livestock or horse show and back, in circumstances other than those set out in paragraph 2, if—
Temporary unloading
5.
Where animals have been unloaded from a means of transport solely to be fed or watered, or for some other temporary purpose, and then reloaded.
[2] S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 19, 22, 23(1) and (2), 24(1) and Scheduleback
[3] S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No 16 as amended by S.R. 1975 No.69, S.R. 1995 No. 467 and S.R. 2006 No. 42back