The Swine Vesicular Disease Regulations 2009

Vaccinated pigs

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31.—(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.