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The Disease Control (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/2623 · Made 6 September 2007 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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animals, england

animal health

Made 6th September 2007

Coming into force 12 noon on 8th September 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981f1, makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 22. Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141) and were then transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Disease Control (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007 and comes into force at 12.00 noon on 8th September 2007.

2Amendment

The Disease Control (England) Order 2003f1 is amended by omitting article 3A (emergency measures).

Signature

Phil Woolas

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

6th September 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Disease Control (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1729) to remove the emergency measures that increase the standstill period from 6 to 20 days and disapply paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 in respect of certain movements in a sole occupancy group.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order.