Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales

(a) the definitions of animals and poultry in subsections (1) and (4) of section 87 of that Act are extended so as to comprise all mammals except man and all birds; and

(b) the definitions of disease in subsections (1) and (3) of section 88 of that Act are extended so as to comprise all diseases of animals and poultry.

(a) horses used for recreational or sporting purposes only; or

(b) horses kept at stables licensed by the Jockey Club when they are being taken to or from race meetings, or to or from a place at which horses kept at those stables undergo training for racing.

Journeys between the same two points
     3.  - (1) If a means of transport is used exclusively, in the course of a single day, for the transport of animals between the same two points, article 4, rather than article 3, shall apply, except before the first journey and after the last journey of the day.

    (2) In this paragraph, the transport of animals takes place in the course of a single day even if  - 

(a) the last journey is begun but not completed before midnight on the day in question; and

(b) in the case of a hoofed animal which has been participating in an event taking place during or continuing into the evening of the day in question, the last journey begins as soon as practicable after the end of that event, whether or not it begins before midnight.

    (3) This paragraph does not apply to journeys between two markets.

Livestock shows
     4. If a means of transport is used for the transport of animals from their premises of origin to a livestock show and back, and paragraph 3 does not apply then article 4, rather than article 3, applies in relation to the means of transport when it is at the show premises provided that  - 

(a) the means of transport goes directly from the premises of origin to the show;

(b) the means of transport does not leave the show before the return journey;

(c) the only animals on the means of transport while it is at the show are animals that it transported to the show;

(d) the means of transport only transports on the return journey animals that it transported to the show; and

(e) the means of transport returns from the show directly to the premises of origin.

Temporary unloading
     5. Article 4, rather than article 3, applies in relation to a means of transport from which animals have been unloaded solely to be fed or watered, or for some other temporary purpose, and then reloaded.

(a) the following must be cleansed whether or not they are soiled: all the inside surfaces of those parts of the means of transport in which the animals are transported, and all parts of the means of transport to which the animals may have had access during the journey; and

(b) the following must be cleansed if they are soiled  - 


(i) any detachable fittings not used during the journey;

(ii) any other part of the means of transport; and

(iii) any equipment.

• the simplification of the requirements contained in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 for the cleansing and disinfection of means of transport used exclusively in the course of a single day for the transport of animals between the same two points; and
  
  
• the amendment of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to provide that the exemptions contained in either of those paragraphs from the cleansing and disinfection requirements of article 3 may apply to a means of transport used to transport animals to and from a livestock show, depending on the circumstances.
  
  

This Order specifies that, after the transport of any hoofed animals, and domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, quails, pigeons, pheasants, partridges and ratites, the means of transport and equipment carried with it must be cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 2 as soon as practicable, but in any event within not more than 24 hours (article 3(3)). Before a journey transporting any of these animals, it requires a means of transport to have been cleansed and disinfected since it was last used to transport any of these animals (article 3(4)). It also specifies that, even if this has been done, if the means of transport becomes soiled so as to cause a risk of transmission of disease since last being cleansed and disinfected, the soiled parts must be cleansed and disinfected again before such animals are transported (article 3(5)). It requires any person transporting such animals to remove dead animals, litter and excreta from the means of transport as soon as practicable (article 3(6)).

Article 4 applies to all other animals and birds (but not to non-commercial journeys or to the transport of single animals or pets) and to the circumstances set out in Schedule 1 (where article 3 would otherwise apply). These circumstances relate to journeys on a single enterprise, transport of certain horses, journeys between the same two points and means of transport at a livestock show. Article 4 requires that the animals to which it applies are loaded on to a means of transport which has been cleansed and, if necessary, disinfected, and that dead animals, litter and excreta are removed from the means of transport as soon as practicable.

Article 6 specifies how the material removed from the means of transport must be disposed of.

Under article 7, an inspector is empowered, in the circumstances set out in that article, to serve a notice requiring a means of transport to be cleansed and disinfected.

The Order is enforced by the local authority or the Secretary of State (article 8).

Breach of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 punishable in accordance with section 75 of that Act.

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for this Order.