# The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Scotland) Order 2002 (“the 2002 Order”).
The 2002 Order imposes movement controls on cattle, sheep, goats, all other ruminating animals (other than camelids) and swine. It also regulates the holding of some forms of animal gathering (shows, exhibitions and markets).
The main control in the 2002 Order is a bar on moving an animal away from premises unless no other animal has been moved onto those premises for a specified period (the standstill period) before.
A restricted zone was declared in Scotland by the Scottish Ministers under article 37 of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/44) on 3rd August 2007, and finally revoked on 24th August 2007. The effect of that declaration was to impose general restrictions on animal movements and gatherings.
The 2002 Order was amended, at the same time as the restricted zone was revoked, by the Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2007 (“the first 2007 Order”). The first 2007 Order came into force on 24th August 2007.
The 2002 Order was further amended by the Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2007 (“the second 2007 Order”). The second 2007 Order came into force on 31st August 2007.
The first 2007 Order–
(a) increased the standstill period from 13 days to 20 days;
(b) disapplied certain of the exceptions in the 2002 Order;
(c) provided that gatherings (until that time restricted by the Declaration) should not resume until 27th August;
(d) provided for a minimum 24 hour notice of the holding of a gathering; and
(e) provided for veterinary checks at markets.
The second 2007 Order reinstated the 13 day standstill period for movements in the Islands of Scotland, and returned (with one exception) the regulation of gatherings in the Islands to the position applying before the 2002 Order was amended by the first 2007 Order. That exception was the continuing requirement for 24 hours prior notice of a show or exhibition.
This Order–
(a) reinstates the 13 day standstill period across Scotland;
(b) reinstates all the exceptions in the 2002 Order (subject to the minor amendments made by the first and second 2007 Orders); and
(c) disapplies across Scotland the additional controls on gatherings imposed by the first and second 2007 Orders (again, subject to the 24 hour notice exception referred to above).
This Order also revokes and reinstates the transitional provisions made by the second 2007 Order, in order to correct a minor drafting error in that Order.
A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Orde

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/423/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disease-control-interim-measures-scotland-amendment-no-3-order-2007/note
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