UK Statutory Instrument
2008
England
Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008
This Order revokes and re-enacts with amendments the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998 (S. I. 1998/463).
At a glance
What's here
2 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
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- Licence Holder 1
- Any Person 1
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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
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Bovine leucosis virus
Brucella abortus
Brucella melitensis
Brucella ovis
Brucella suis
Burkholderia mallei
Classical swine fever virus
Cochliomyia hominivorax
Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis viruses
Echinococcus multilocularis
African swine fever virus
Echniococcus granulosus
Ehrlichia ruminantium
Equine infectious anemia virus
Foot and mouth disease virus
Hendra disease virus
Histoplasma farciminosum
Japanese encephalitis virus
Lumpy skin disease virus
Mycoplasma agalactiae
Mycoplasma capricolum sub species capripneumoniae
Aujesky’s disease virus
Mycoplasma mycoides sub species mycoides SC and mycoides LC variants...
Mycoplasma mycoides var capri
Newcastle disease (avian paramyxovirus type 1) viruses which are—
Nipah disease virus
Peste des petits ruminants virus
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus genotype 2
Rabies virus and all viruses of the genus Lyssavirus
Rift Valley Fever virus
Rinderpest virus
St. Louis equine encephalomyelitis virus
Sheep and goat pox virus
Avian influenza viruses that are — (a) uncharacterised;
Swine vesicular disease virus
Teschen disease virus
Theileria annulata
Theileria equi
Theileria parva
Trichinella spiralis
Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosoma congolense
Trypanosoma equiperdum
Trypanosoma evansi
Babesia bovis
Trypanosoma simiae
Trypanosoma vivax
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus
West Nile virus
The live virus causing viral hæmorrhagic disease of rabbits
Babesia bigemina
Babesia caballi
Bacillus anthracis
Bluetongue virus
General powers of inspectors
Seizure of pathogens
Cleansing and disinfection
Prohibitions in relation to specified animal pathogens
- Prohibit possession and introduction of specified animal pathogens and require notification if suspected Any Person
Licences
- Licence holders must not contravene licence conditions Licence Holder
Browse 10 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Title, application and commencement
Extension of the definition of “animal”, “poultry” and “disease”
Interpretation
Exceptions
Powers of inspectors
Improvement notices
Prohibition notices
Appeals against improvement and prohibition notices
Enforcement
Revocations
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