All welfare movements will be subject to veterinary certification that all the necessary disease precautions have been observed. I hope that these relaxed controls will allow the most urgent welfare problems to be addressed and I will be reviewing them in the light of the emerging disease situation over the next days and weeks. The arrangements come into effect tomorrow, and farmers wishing to take advantage of them should contact their Private Veterinary Practitioner, who will be able to advise them. New movement protocols require that before any movement licence is granted, that the application is within current guidelines and that the applicant and his private veterinary surgeon have jointly assessed the risks involved in the movement. Provided that the following protocols are adhered to the private veterinary surgeon may then issue the licence.
Cattle only premises to cattle only premises.
Sheep only premises. Only one licence to move animals to a specific parcel of land will be issued within any 3-week period. No movement of livestock will be authorised into or out of an existing control zone. No movement of livestock to be authorised to a unit with pigs. Both point of origin and destination to be assessed by a PVP before issue of licence.