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The Foot–and–Mouth Disease (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/3119 · Made 10 December 1993 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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ANIMALS

ANIMAL HEALTH

Made 10th December 1993

Coming into force 1st January 1994

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981f1 and the said Minister, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 7(1), 8(1), 15(4), 17(1), 23, 25, 38(1), 83(2) and 87(2) of the said Act and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked (W.) (1.2.2006) by The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/179), art. 1(2), Sch. 9

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 22. See section 86(1)(c) for a definition of “the Ministers”.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendments
  3. 3Amendments
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1Title and commencementF1I1

This Order may be cited as the Foot–and–Mouth Disease (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.

2AmendmentsF1I1

(1)

In the Foot–and–Mouth Disease Order 1983f1 for articles 22A and 34A there shall be substituted the following articles respectively—

“Requirement to confine animals on common land within an infected area in England or Wales

22A

The owner or person in charge of an animal allowed to run on common or unenclosed land in England or Wales shall, upon the making of a declaration under article 17 of this Order in relation to that land, confine that animal within premises in the infected area.”, and

“Requirement to confine animals on common land within a controlled area in England or Wales

34A

The owner or person in charge of an animal allowed to run on common or unenclosed land in England or Wales shall, upon the making of a declaration under article 30 of this Order in relation to that land, confine that animal within premises in the controlled area.”.

(2)

In the Swine Vesicular Disease Order 1972f2 for the Schedule to that Order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

(3)

In the African Swine Fever Order 1980f3—

(a)

in article 3 the words “to the extent indicated in the third column of that Schedule” shall be deleted, and

(b)

for the Schedule to that Order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

3AmendmentsF1I1

The Foot–and–Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order 1993f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

F1In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

L.S.

Gillian Shephard

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

7th December 1993

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

10th December 1993

I1F1

“SCHEDULE

ORDERS

Article 3

  • The Foot–and–Mouth Disease (Infected Areas) (Vaccination) Order 1972f1

  • The Foot–and–Mouth Disease Order 1983f2”

Explanatory note

(This note does not form part of the Order)

This Order amends the Foot–and–Mouth Disease Order 1983 so as to make provision for the confinement of animals running on unenclosed land in the event of an outbreak of the disease in that area. It also makes a consequential amendment to the Swine Vesicular Disease Order 1972 and the African Swine Fever Order 1980. It revokes the Foot–and– Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order 1993.

A Compliance Cost Assessment has been made and a copy has been placed in the library of the House.