Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales

"approved laboratory" ("labordy a gymeradwywyd") means a laboratory approved by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of this Order;

"breeding flock" ("haid fridio") means a flock kept for the production of eggs intended for incubation;

"building" ("adeilad") includes a shed and any part of a building that has its own ventilation system and is separated from other parts of the building by a solid partition;

"chick" ("cyw") means a bird less than 72 hours old that has not been fed;

"flock" ("haid") means poultry of the same health status kept on the same holding or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit and, in the case of housed poultry, includes all birds sharing the same airspace;

"layer breeder" ("dodwywr fridiwr") means poultry kept for the production of eggs intended for the incubation and hatching of chicks—

(a) that will be grown to produce eggs for human consumption, or

(b) whose progeny will be grown to produce eggs for human consumption;

"meat breeder" ("bridiwr cig") means poultry kept for the production of eggs intended for the incubation and hatching of chicks—

(a) that will be grown to produce meat for human consumption, or

(b) whose progeny will be grown to produce meat for human consumption;

"occupier" ("meddiannydd") means, in relation to any hatchery or holding, the person in charge of the hatchery or holding;

"poultry" ("dofednod") means domestic fowls, turkeys, geese and ducks.

(a) within three months of the coming into force of this Order; or

(b) in the case of such a hatchery established after the date this Order comes into force, within three months of the establishment of the hatchery.

(a) move to the laying phase or laying unit; and

(b) reach the end of the production cycle.

(a) the samples are prepared as follows—


(i) chick box liners must be prepared in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Order;

(ii) boot swabs' samples must be prepared in accordance with point 3.1.2 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation; and

(iii) any other samples of faeces must be prepared in accordance with point 3.1.3 of that Annex;



(b) the samples are tested for salmonella in accordance with the method in point 3.2 of that Annex; and

(c) the result of any test on any sample is reported in writing as soon as practicable to the occupier who submitted it.

(a) the information in Schedule 3, paragraph 3, in respect of the movement of any eggs of domestic fowl of the species Gallus gallus to and from the hatchery; and

(b) the information in Schedule 3, paragraph 4, in respect of the movement of any chicks of domestic fowl of the species Gallus gallus from the hatchery.

(a) the name, address and telephone number of the occupier;

(b) the address and telephone number of the hatchery;

(c) the incubator capacity of the hatchery; and

(d) the species of poultry hatched at the hatchery.

Information in relation to breeding flocks
     2. The information to be notified is—

(a) the name, address and telephone number of the holding;

(b) the name, address and telephone number of the occupier and of the person who owns each breeding flock on the holding;

(c) the number of breeding flocks on the holding;

(d) the identification of each breeding flock on the holding;

(e) the species in each breeding flock on the holding;

(f) the number of poultry in each breeding flock on the holding;

(g) whether the poultry in each breeding flock on the holding are layer breeders or meat breeders; and

(h) the status of each breeding flock on the holding in the breeding pyramid.

(a) 1 chick box liner, up to a maximum of 10, for every 500 chicks delivered from the hatchery; and

(b) the carcases of all chicks, up to a maximum of 60, from each hatchery that are dead on arrival at the holding.

    (2) In this paragraph, "chick box liner" ("leinin blychau cywion") means any material used to line a box or other container in which chicks are transported from the hatchery to the holding.

Sampling of four-week-old birds etc.
     2. —(1) The following samples are to be taken from each flock of four-week-old birds and each flock two weeks before it comes into lay or moves to the laying phase or laying unit—

(a) a minimum of two pairs of boot swabs; or

(b) a composite faeces sample.

    (2) In this paragraph, "a composite faeces sample" ("sampl gyfansawdd o ysgarthion") means a sample of faeces consisting of a number of individual samples calculated in accordance with the following Table, each of which weighs not less than 1 gram and is taken from a site selected at random to represent the building or group of buildings on the holding from which it is taken.

Table
The number of sites from which separate faeces samples are to be taken in order to make a composite sample are as follows—

Number of birds kept in a building	Number of faeces samples to be taken in the building
1—24	Number equal to the number of birds, up to a maximum of 20
25—29	20
30—39	25
40—49	30
50—59	35
60—89	40
90—199	50
200—499	55
500 or more	60

(a) the type of sample taken;

(b) the date on which the sample was taken;

(c) the identification of the breeding flock from which the sample was taken;

(d) the age of the breeding flock sampled;

(e) the approved laboratory to which the sample was sent; and

(f) the result of any test on any sample reported to the occupier in accordance with article 13(2)(c).

Movements of domestic fowl of the species Gallus gallus to and from holdings
     2. The information to be recorded is—

(a) the date of the movement;

(b) the number of domestic fowl, chicks or eggs moved;

(c) the age of the domestic fowl or chicks moved;

(d) in the case of the movement of an entire breeding flock of domestic fowl, the identification of that flock;

(e) the identity of the building or group of buildings into which any domestic fowl, chicks or eggs moved to the holding were placed or from which domestic fowl, chicks or eggs were moved from the holding;

(f) in the case of any domestic fowl, chicks or eggs moved to the holding, the address from which they were moved to the holding; and

(g) in the case of any domestic fowl, chicks or eggs moved from the holding, the address to which they were moved.

Movements of eggs to and from a hatchery
     3. The information to be recorded is—

(a) the date of the movement;

(b) the number of eggs moved;

(c) the address of the premises from which the eggs were moved, in the case of eggs moved to the hatchery; and

(d) the address of the premises to which the eggs were moved, in the case of eggs moved from the hatchery.

Movements of chicks from a hatchery
     4. The information to be recorded is—

(a) the date of the movement;

(b) the number of chicks moved; and

(c) the address of the premises to which the chicks were moved.

(a) a minimum 1 gram portion is to be taken from a soiled area on each liner; and

(b) the portions from separate liners must be bulked together and placed in Buffered Peptone Water (BPW) at the rate of not more than 1 gram of liner for every 10 ml of BPW.

(a) required by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents (OJ No L 325, 12.12.2003, p1); and

(b) approved by the European Commission in accordance with Article 6 of that Regulation.

The national control programme is available from the Welsh Assembly Government, Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

The Order enforces Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1003/2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of certain salmonella serotypes in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus and amending Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 (OJ No. L 170, 1.7. 2005, p.12).

Articles 6 to 12 apply to the occupier of a holding on which breeding flocks of domestic fowl of the species Gallus gallus are kept. Article 7 requires the occupier to notify the Welsh Ministers of the arrival of breeding flocks at the holding and article 8 requires him or her to notify when those flocks will move to the laying phase or laying unit and reach the end of the production cycle. Article 9 requires him or her to take samples from those flocks and article 10 requires him or her to submit those samples to an approved laboratory for testing for salmonella. Articles 11 and 12 impose record-keeping requirements on the occupier.

Article 13 sets out the duties of an approved laboratory to prepare and test the samples and report the results of tests to the occupier.

Article 14 prohibits the administering of any antimicrobial to domestic fowl of the species Gallus Gallus, other than in accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1177/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards requirements for the use of specific control measures in the framework of the national programmes for the control of salmonella in poultry (OJ No. L 212, 2.8.2006, p.3). Article 15 prohibits the administering of any live salmonella vaccine to such species, other than in accordance with Article 3(1) of that Regulation.

Article 16 imposes record-keeping requirements on the occupier of a poultry hatchery.

The Order is to be enforced by the local authority. Breach of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (c.22), punishable in accordance with section 75 of that Act.

A regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the above address and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the Office of Public Sector Information website.