Article 2 Amendment

The Disease Control (England) Order 2003^f1 is amended as follows.

After article 3, insert—

“Emergency measures

3A.

(1)

This article imposes interim measures and ceases to have effect on 30th September 2007.

(2)

In articles 4 and 5(b), the references to 6 days shall be read as references to 20 days.

(3)

In the case of premises within a sole occupancy group that are 8 or more kilometres apart, paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 apply on the first occasion that an animal is moved between those premises, but cease to apply for any subsequent movement of any animal between those premises.”.