The Swine Vesicular Disease Regulations 2009

Made: 18th May 2009

Laid before Parliament: 27th May 2009

Coming into force: 30th June 2009

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PART 1 — Introduction

Title, application and commencement

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Interpretation

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References to occupier

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Exemptions

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PART 2 — Notification of suspicion of swine vesicular disease

Notification requirements

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PART 3 — Suspicion and confirmation of swine vesicular disease

CHAPTER 1 — Scope of Part 3 and initial controls

Scope of Part 3

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Initial controls following notification

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CHAPTER 2 — Action on suspicion of disease and declaration of infected premises

Imposing measures on suspicion of disease

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Measures following suspicion – non-contact premises

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Measures following suspicion – contact premises

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Declaration of infected premises where premises are close to a confirmed outbreak

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Suspicion relating to pigs living in the wild

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Conditions and warning signs

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CHAPTER 3 — Killing pigs and initial cleansing and disinfection

Killing pigs on the infected premises

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Removal of carcases and initial cleansing and disinfection

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Conservation and related measures

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CHAPTER 4 — Removal of measures in Schedule 1 from infected premises

Removal of restrictions from infected premises

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Cleansing and disinfection - general

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Method of cleansing and disinfection

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Testing with sentinel pigs

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Compulsory cleansing and disinfection

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PART 4 — Slaughterhouses

Controls in a slaughterhouse following notification

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Action following the imposition of controls

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PART 5 — Area controls

Protection, surveillance and movement restriction zones

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Movement restriction zones

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Declarations where swine vesicular disease in Scotland or Wales

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Declarations of zones

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Publicity

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PART 6 — Vaccination

Prohibition on vaccination

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Compulsory vaccination

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Vaccinated pigs

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PART 7 — Inspection, enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

Notices

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Licences

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Powers of inspectors

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Powers relating to pigs living in the wild

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Notices relating to movement

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Suspension or restriction of rights of way in a protection zone

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Change of occupier of premises under restriction

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Powers of inspectors in case of default

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Compensation

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Obstruction

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Offences and penalties

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Offences by bodies corporate

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Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations

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Enforcement

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Exceptional circumstances

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Measures on suspect and infected premises

Records

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Housing or isolation of pigs

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Disinfection

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Restriction on movement of pigs

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Restriction on movement of vehicles

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Restriction on removal of anything liable to transmit swine vesicular disease

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Restriction on persons entering and leaving the premises

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SCHEDULE 2 — Zones

PART 1 — Measures in a protection zone

Movement of pigs through the protection zone

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Movement of pigs on to premises in the protection zone

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Movement of pigs off premises in the protection zone

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Cleansing vehicles

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PART 2 — Measures in a surveillance zone

Movement of pigs

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Cleansing vehicles

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Signed

Jane Kennedy — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2009-05-18

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations implement in England the provisions of Council Directive 92/119/EEC introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease (OJ No L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69) in so far as that Directive controls swine vesicular disease and Council Directive 2007/10/EC (OJ No L 63, 1.3.2007, p. 24).

Part 1 is introductory.

Part 2 deals with notification of suspicion of swine vesicular disease.

Part 3 and Schedule 1 deal with premises where swine vesicular disease is suspected or confirmed, or which have been exposed to the virus.

Part 4 deals with slaughterhouses.

Part 5 and Schedule 2 make provision for the establishment of protection, surveillance and movement restriction zones following the confirmation of swine vesicular disease on any premises.

Part 6 prohibits vaccination against swine vesicular disease except in the circumstances set out there.

Part 7 contains provisions relating to inspection and enforcement.

Breach of the Regulations is an offence punishable—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

They are enforced by the local authority.

A full impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. It is available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S. I. 1972/1811.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: 1981 c. 22.

[^f00004]: S. I. 1994/867.

[^f00005]: S. I. 2008/944.

[^f00006]: S. I. 2006/1471 as last amended by S. I. 2008/3203.

[^f00007]: S. I. 2006/182.

[^f00008]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00009]: 1925 c. 86. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 33 were repealed by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), section 132 and Schedule 6; subsection (3) was amended by the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), section 56(1) and Schedule 8, part II, paragraph 19; subsection (4) was amended by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 109(1) and (3), Schedule 8, paragraph 71 and Schedule 10, and by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 5; subsection (5) was repealed by the Magistrates’ Court Act 1952, section 132, Schedule 6.

[^f00010]: 1980 c. 43. Sub-paragraph 2(a) was amended by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25), section 47, Schedule 1, paragraph 13, and was repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), sections 41 and 332, Schedule 3, part 2, paragraph 51, sub-paragraphs (1), (13)(a), and Schedule 37, part 4 (with effect from a date to be appointed); paragraph 5 was repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), sections 25(2) and 101(2) and Schedule 13; paragraph 6 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003, section 41, Schedule 3, part 2, paragraph 51, sub-paragraphs (1) and (13)(b) (with effect from a date to be appointed).

[^f00011]: S. I. 1972/1980.

[^f00012]: S. I. 1973/101.

[^f00013]: S. I. 1972/2014.

[^f00014]: S. I. 2003/1724.

Editorial notes

[^key-6fc4dc185d25ce8f60d728201b4b1d57]: Regulations revoked (14.8.2014) by The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1894), reg. 1, Sch. 5 (with reg. 4(1))

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