Article 2 Amendment of the African Swine Fever (Import Controls) (England and Scotland) Order 2022

(1)

The African Swine Fever (Import Controls) (England and Scotland) Order 2022^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

After article 4 (exclusions from requirements for porcine products), insert—

“Enforcement in relation to porcine products entering through the Channel Tunnel

5.

(1)

For the purposes of enforcing this Order under the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011^f2, in relation to entry or exit into or out of the tunnel system, the enforcement authority is the district council of Dover as designated under article 2 of the Dover Port Health Authority Order 1978^f3.

(2)

In this article, “tunnel system” has the meaning described in section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987^f4.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2022/926.
f2: S.I. 2011/1197 which was amended by S.I. 2012/2897, 2013/2996, 2014/3158, 2018/575, 1037, 2019/526, 782, 1225, 1488, 2020/109, 1462, 1631, 2021/429, 443, 453, 809, 1096, 1443, 2022/1315 and 1322.
f3: S.I. 1978/819. Article 2 provides that the district council of Dover is the port health authority for the district of the Port of Dover.
f4: 1987 c. 53.