FOWL PEST ORDER OF 1936. Dated December 7, 1936.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1936/1297 |
| Year | 1936 |
1936 No. 1297
POULTRY
4. Fowl Pest
THE FOWL PEST ORDER OF 1936. DATED DECEMBER 7, 1936.[This Order (S.R. & O. 1936, II, p. 2086) is printed as amended by Orders, dated April 15, 1947 (S.R. & O. 1947 (No. 871) I, p. 1839) and May 8, 1947 (S.R. & O. 1947 (No. 1176) I, p. 1839).]
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The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in him under the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1935, and of every other power enabling him in this behalf, hereby orders as follows:—
Notice of Disease
1.—(1) Every person having in his possession or under his charge any poultry, or the carcase of any poultry, which is affected or suspected of being affected with fowl pest shall, with all practicable speed, give notice of the fact to a constable of the police force for the area wherein the poultry or carcase is.
(2) A veterinary surgeon who examines any poultry, or the carcase of any poultry, and suspects that the poultry or carcase is affected with fowl pest shall, with all practicable speed, give notice of the fact to a constable of the police force for the area wherein the poultry or carcase is.
(3) A constable receiving any such notice shall immediately transmit the information by the most expeditious means to the Veterinary Inspector appointed for the time being by the Minister to receive such information within the area wherein the poultry or carcase is.(a)
Precautions to be adopted on premises on which disease is suspected
2.—(1) The occupier of premises on which there are any poultry, or the carcases of any poultry, affected with or suspected of being affected with, fowl pest shall forthwith—
(a) prevent the access of poultry, or of any person (other than the person attending the poultry) to the premises or part of the premises on which any diseased or suspected bird or carcase is or has been kept;
(b) detain on the premises all poultry thereon and the carcases of any poultry, except the dressed carcases of birds not affected with or suspected of disease.(b)
(2) The restrictions imposed by this Article shall remain in operation until they are withdrawn by Notice served on the occupier of the premises by an Inspector or Officer of the Ministry, or until a Notice (Form A) has been served on the occupier of the premises by an Inspector of the Local Authority under Article 4 of this Order.
(a) Article 1 as substituted by S.R. & O. 1947 No. 1176.
(b) Para. (b) as amended by S.R. & O. 1947 No. 1176.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall prevent the burning or burying of the carcases on the premises.
2A.—(1) A Veterinary Inspector of the Ministry, on receiving in any manner whatsoever information that fowl pest exists, or is suspected to exist, shall enquire as to the correctness of such information and examine any poultry or carcase of any poultry on such premises which the Veterinary Inspector considers it desirable to examine for the purposes of this enquiry.
(2) For the purposes of this Article, the Veterinary Inspector may enter on any part of the premises, and the occupier of the premises and the persons in his employment shall render such reasonable assistance as may be required for all or any of the purposes of this Article.(a)
Diagnosis at Ministry's Laboratory
3. A certificate signed by or on behalf of the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Ministry after enquiry shall, for the purposes of this Order, be conclusive evidence of the existence or otherwise of fowl pest.
Rules to be observed on an Infected Place
4.—(1) Where a Veterinary Inspector has grounds for suspecting that fowl pest exists, or has existed on any premises within the past twenty-eight days, the Inspector shall forthwith serve a Notice (in the Form A set forth in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect) on the occupier of the premises, declaring the said premises, within the limits specified in the Notice, to be an Infected Place for the purposes of this Order.(b)
(2) On the service of such Notice the premises therein specified shall become an Infected Place and shall be subject to the following Rules, namely:—
Rule 1.—No live poultry shall be moved into or out of the Infected Place.
Rule 2.—No carcase shall be removed out of the Infected Place except with a licence granted by an Inspector or Officer of the Ministry and in accordance with such conditions as may be specified therein.
Rule 3.—No eggs intended for hatching shall be moved out of the Infected Place.
Rule 4.—No foodstuffs, litter, droppings, utensil, foodbag, crate, hurdle, poultry appliance, vehicle or other thing shall be removed out of the Infected Place except with a licence granted by an Inspector of the Local Authority and in accordance with such conditions as to disinfection or otherwise as may be specified therein.
Rule 5.—All droppings, litter and waste food shall be thoroughly...
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