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The Brucellosis (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011

S.S.I. 2011/51 · Made 27 January 2011

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Animals

Animal Health

Made 27th January 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 31st January 2011

Coming into force 1st April 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c.68 (“1972 Act”). Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 2009
  3. 3Transitional provision
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 and comes into force on 1st April 2011.

2Amendment of the Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 2009

(1)

The Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 2009f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 7—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(c), for “once each month”, substitute “at intervals of 3 months”; and

(b)

in paragraph (3)(b), for “month”, substitute “period of 3 months”.

3Transitional provision

For the purposes of article 7 of the Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 2009 as amended by article 2 of this Order, after 1st April 2011, the first interval of 3 months commences—

(a)

on the date of the submission of the sample of milk in March 2011; or

(b)

where no sample of milk was submitted in March 2011, on 1st April 2011.

Signature

RICHARD LOCHHEAD

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th January 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 2009 which implements Council Directive 64/432/EEC insofar as it relates to the operation of a monitoring and testing programme for Brucellosis.

Article 2(2)(a) changes the interval for milk sampling from monthly to quarterly and article 2(2)(b) makes a consequential amendment as a result of the extension to that interval.

Article 3 is a transitional provision which confirms the date upon which the first interval of three months commences.

A business regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.