Article 2 Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983

(1)

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983^f1 in so far as it applies to England, shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.

(2)

In paragraph (1) of article 3 (Interpretation), after the definition of “suspected animal” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““trunk road” shall have the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980^f2;”.

(3)

For paragraph 1(a) of article 8 (Restrictions to operate immediately on certification of suspected case of disease) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a)

the movement is through the area by railway, motorway or trunk road and the animal is not unloaded within the area; or”.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1983/1950, as amended by S.I. 1993/3119, S.I. 1995/2922 and, as regards England, S.I. 2001/571 and S.I. 2001/680.
f2: 1980 c. 66.