Introductory text
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
ANIMAL HEALTH
Made at 12.25 p.m. on 28th April 2026
Coming into force 29th April 2026
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 7(1), 8(1), 15(4), 17(1), 23, 25, 28, 35(1) and (3) and 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981f1.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1981 c. 22. Functions conferred under the Animal Health Act 1981 (“the Act”) on “the Ministers” and “the appropriate Minister” (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 further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794). The definition of “disease” in section 88(1) of the Act, as it applies in England, was extended by the Exotic Disease (Extension of Definition of Disease) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/466) to include swine vesicular disease. Section 8(1) of the Act was amended by section 34(2) of the Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21).