Article 3 Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Scotland) Orders 2001

The Orders referred to in paragraph (2) are amended in accordance with this article.

The Orders referred to in paragraph (1) are–

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 after “19,” there is inserted “25,”.

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 after sub-paragraph (s) there is inserted–

“(t)

subject to sub-paragraph (u) below, no person shall–

(i)

dip, shear, clip or dag sheep, or cause sheep to be dipped, sheared, clipped or dagged; or

(ii)

handle fleeces or sheep during shearing, clipping or dagging,

except in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers;

(u)

sub-paragraph (t) shall not apply to–

(i)

the occupier of any premises, or that occupier’s employee (unless that person is employed primarily for the purpose of shearing sheep), in respect of the shearing of sheep kept on those premises; or

(ii)

the owner of sheep, in respect of the shearing of those sheep and of other sheep provided that–

(aa)

those other sheep are run with that owner’s sheep in a common flock; or

(bb)

the owner and the owner of those other sheep are members of the same grazings committee appointed under section 47 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993^f4.”.