Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2013 Northern Ireland

Disease Control (Standstill) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person3 Occupier2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts
Highways Act 1980 23 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art004 Requirement for a licence to move animals Regulated
  • Obtain a licence before moving animals from a holdingAny Person
s.art005 Restriction on the movement of livestock Regulated
  • Do not move livestock within 13 days of new arrivals without a licenceAny Person
s.art006 Change of occupation of premises Regulated
  • Provide facilities or care for animals left on premises after change of occupationAny Person
s.art008 General licences Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must publish general licences to reach affected personsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art010 Specific licences Regulated
  • Follow specific licence conditions and keep records when moving animalsOccupier
s.art012 Cleansing and disinfection Regulated
  • Provide cleansing and disinfection facilities when receiving animals under licenceOccupier
7 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation and commencement
s.art002 Interpretation and application
s.art003 Exception
s.art007 Licences
s.art009 Notices prohibiting movement under a general licence
s.art011 Action in case of default
s.art013 Revocation

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Becoming a livestock keeper: complete compliance guide

Comprehensive guide to livestock keeping compliance - from getting a CPH number to meeting welfare requirements. Covers cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats.

Moving livestock: quick compliance check

Pre-movement compliance checklist for cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats. Three quick checks: tagging correct, standstill clear, documentation ready.

Farmer compliance checklist

A comprehensive compliance checklist for UK farmers covering livestock, environmental, animal welfare, health and safety, financial, and scheme obligations. Includes frequency of …

Livestock compliance for farmers

Complete guide to identifying, tagging, moving, and keeping records for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and deer

Becoming a sheep or goat keeper: end-to-end compliance

New to keeping sheep or goats? This journey walks you through the five things every keeper in England must do: register your …
1 more guide that reference this instrument
Comply with livestock movement standstill periods

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.