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Publication - Regulation/directive/order

Avian influenza (bird flu): bird gathering general licence

Last updated
15 March 2024 - see all updates
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Part of
Farming and rural

General licence to arrange a fair, market, show, exhibition or other gathering involving the collecting together of poultry or other captive birds in Scotland EXD178 (AI) (S).

Bird gathering general licence EXD 178 (AI) (S)
10 page PDF
198.7 kB

This risk assessment supports this licence.

Contact

Email: Animal.Health@gov.scot

Animal Health and Welfare 
Scottish Government
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Saughton House
Edinburgh

First published
15 May 2021
Last updated
15 March 2024 - show all updates

  1. Updated to amend wording on restrictions placed on “other captive bird” keepers.

  2. Revised general bird gatherings licence. Restrictions to anseriformes. Poultry and galliformes now permitted.

  3. Updated licence attached as PDF.

  4. Licence information amendment from 8 November 2021 in relation to avian influenza.

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