Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Poultry Premises) Order 2008
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Poultry Premises) Order 2008.
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paragraphs: In this Order—
(a) birds reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat, eggs or other commercial products, for restocking supplies of game or for breeding these types of birds, and
(b) birds kept in the course of business or for sporting purposes.
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paragraphs: (1) The Minister shall cause to be established and maintained a register (“Register of Poultry Premises”) of all persons with premises for rearing, keeping or breeding of poultry and of persons having poultry under their control.
(2) A person shall not have poultry in his or her possession or under his or her control or sell or supply poultry unless that person’s name and details of the premises are entered in the Register of Poultry Premises.
(3) An application for registration shall be in a form that the Minister may determine and shall contain any information that the Minister may require.
(4) The Minister may divide the register into parts having regard to the purpose for which poultry is kept.
(5) The owner or person in charge of a premises entered in the Register of Poultry Premises shall furnish such information to the Minister as and when, and in a form that, the Minister may direct.
(6) A person or as appropriate a premises that immediately before the making of this Order—
(a) is licenced under the Poultry Hatcheries Regulations 1959 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1959 ),
(b) is approved under European Communities (Live Poultry and Hatching Eggs) Regulation 1992 ( S.I. No. 363 of 1992 ),
(c) is registered under Regulation 6 of the European Communities (Labelling and Marketing Standards for Poultrymeat) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 42 of 2004 ),
(d) is registered under the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Poultry Premises) Order 2005 ( S.I. No. 677 of 2005 ), or
(e) is registered under Regulation 10 of the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 14 of 2008 ),
(7) The Minister may remove the name of a person or details of a premises from the Register of Poultry Premises where in the opinion of the Minister the person is no longer keeping poultry on a premises.
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paragraphs: (1) The owner or person in charge of poultry shall maintain, on a daily basis, a record of—
(a) all mortalities that occur in the flock or on the premises,
(b) the daily production of eggs in the flock, and
(c) the intake of food and water by the flock.
(2) A person to whom paragraph (1) applies shall immediately notify the veterinary practitioner having clinical charge of the poultry if there are increased mortalities or a drop in egg production in or a decrease in feed or water intake by the poultry.
(3) The Minister may determine the form of the record to be maintained under paragraph (1) and where he or she so determines, it shall be maintained in that form.
(4) A person shall maintain a record made under this article for 3 years and make it available on request to an authorised officer.
(5) Paragraph(1)(b) and (c) does not apply to a person who keeps no more than 350 poultry and does not sell or supply poultry or poultry products.
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paragraphs: (1) The Minister may require that (a) the owner or a person in charge of a premises, (b) a person transporting, handling or dealing with poultry, (c) a person visiting a premises for maintenance, management, husbandry or advisory purposes or (d) a person delivering or collecting poultry or any product, material or equipment to or from a premises implements biosecurity measures as may be specified from time to time.
(2) Biosecurity measures referred to in paragraph (1) may include measures relating to—
(a) perimeter fencing around the premises,
(b) securing the premises where the poultry are kept,
(c) separation of species of poultry from other species,
(d) provision and use of footbaths and hand-washing facilities,
(e) controls on animals, visitors and vehicles to the premises,
(f) disinfection of premises, vehicles and equipment,
(g) wearing of protective clothing and footwear,
(h) arrangements for feeding and watering of free-range poultry,
(i) storage, treatment of or access to water,
(j) storage and disposal of dead birds, litter, manure and waste material,
(k) storage of feed, water or bedding,
(l) management practices and
(m) any other related matters.
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paragraphs: The Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Poultry Premises) Order 2005 ( S.I. No. 677 of 2005 ) is revoked.