Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2013
United Kingdom
The African Horse Sickness Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
At a glance
What's here
2 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 1
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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Any Person also bound by 2337 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Browse 6 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Housing of horses
Restriction on movement of horses, carcases or things
Control of vectors
Movement out of a protection zone
Movement from premises within a protection zone
Imposition of initial controls at slaughterhouses
- Stop movement and slaughter of horses when African horse sickness is suspected at a slaughterhouse Any Person
Actions following examination
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Veterinary inspector must confirm test results to slaughterhouse operator Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 35 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
References to occupier
Exemptions
Notification requirements
Scope of Part III
Initial controls following notification
Imposing measures on suspicion of disease
Measures following suspicion – premises other than contact premises
Measures following suspicion – contact premises
Powers to prevent horses from being brought onto other premises
Revocation of notices declaring premises to be infected premises
Suspicion relating to non-captive horses
Temporary control zone
Control zone, protection zone and surveillance zone
Infection zones
Declaration of zones where African horse sickness is suspected or confirmed outside Northern Ireland
Declaration of zones
Premises straddling zones
Publicity
Prohibition on vaccination
Compulsory vaccination
Vaccinated horses
Notices
Licences
Powers of inspectors
Notice following a contravention on movement
Change of occupier of premises under restriction – access for welfare purposes
Powers of inspectors in case of default
Obstruction
Offences and penalties
Offences by bodies corporate
Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations
Exceptional circumstances
Amendment
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