PART 6Vaccination

Vaccinated pigs31

1

The owner of a pig that has been vaccinated against swine vesicular disease must ensure that the pig is identified as having been so vaccinated.

2

If the vaccination was as a result of the declaration of a vaccination zone, no person may move a vaccinated pig outside the zone except to a slaughterhouse designated for the purpose by the Secretary of State where they must be kept and slaughtered separately from unvaccinated pigs.

3

Otherwise no person may move a vaccinated pig from the premises on which it was vaccinated (or, if the licence permitted vaccination in an area, from the area where vaccination is permitted) except to a slaughterhouse designated for the purpose by the Secretary of State where it must be kept and slaughtered separately from unvaccinated pigs.

4

It is an offence to fail to comply with this regulation.