Article 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001.

This Order, other than article 8(2), shall come into force on 17th March 2001 and article 8(2) shall come into force immediately before midnight on 16th March 2001.

This Order extends to Scotland only.

In this Order, “the 1983 Order” means the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983.

Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Order which are also used in the 1983 Order shall have the same meaning in this Order as they have in the 1983 Order.