Explanatory note

This Order amends the Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) which makes provision for the control of pests and diseases affecting bees.

Article 2 of this Order inserts a new article 11A into the 2007 Order allowing the Scottish Ministers to publish a notice of the special measures on importation into Scotland that may be applied to the importation of bees, combs, bee products, hives, containers and other appliances and any other thing which has or may have been exposed to infection with any notifiable pest or notifiable disease. The Scottish Ministers may publish special measures where they have reasonable grounds for suspecting the existence of a notifiable pest or notifiable disease in the whole or part of a country or territory outside of Great Britain, and where necessary to prevent the introduction of that notifiable pest or notifiable disease into Great Britain. Consequential amendments are also made to the provisions relating to notices in articles 2 and 16 of the 2007 Order.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.