# The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2001, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the foot-and-mouth Disease Order 1983. The effect is to allow inspectors appointed by the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food or a local authority to prohibit by notice the entry of any person (with exceptions) onto any land or into any agricultural building in a controlled area, for the purpose of preventing the spreading of foot-and-mouth disease.
The Order also allows local authorities in areas where foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed to make declarations prohibiting the movement of persons into or out of specified areas except on highways open to vehicles. In areas where the disease has not been confirmed there is power to make such a declaration after consultation with the minister.
Contravention of the 1983 Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981, and persons found guilty of such an offence are liable to a fine of up to £5000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/572/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-amendment-wales-order-2001/note
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