# The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 S.I. 1992/3159 · made 10 December 1992 · revised to 27 October 2022 This Order extends the list of diseases for which the Minister may cause animals to be slaughtered to include the following diseases in all mammals except man:African horse sicknessBluetongueBrucellosis caused by Brucella melitensisContagious agalactiaContagious epidydimitisEpizootic haemorrhagic virus diseaseGoat poxLumpy Skin DiseasePeste des Petits RuminantsRift Valley FeverSheep poxTeschen DiseaseVesicular Stomatitis Made under: Animal Health Act 1981 (Section 1, Section 15, Section 32, Section 87, Section 88) ## Introductory text ANIMALS ANIMAL HEALTH Made 10th December 1992 Coming into force 1st January 1993 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 15(4). 32(2), 87(2) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:— ## 1 Title and commencement These Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993. ## 2 Application of section 22 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (1) Section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981, which enables the Minister to cause animals to be slaughtered on account of disease, shall apply to the following diseases– African horse sickness Bluetongue Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis Contagious agalactia Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Contagious epidydimitis Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum) Ebola virus Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease Epizootic Lymphangitis (Histoplasma farciminosum) Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) Equine infectious anaemia Equine Viral Encephalomyelitis Goat pox Lumpy Skin Disease Peste des Petits Ruminants Rift Valley Fever Sheep pox Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) Teschen Disease Vesicular Stomatitis (2) For the purposes of this article the definition of “animal” in the Animal Health Act 1981 is hereby extended to include any kind of mammal except man. ## 3 Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Amendment of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985 In Article 3 of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985, for the definition of “disease” there shall be substituted the following– ““Disease” means African horse sickness, Aujeszky’s disease, Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, cattle plague, contagious agalactia, contagious epidydimitis, dourine, enzootic bovine leukosis, equine infectious anaemia, equine encephalomyelitis, pleuro-pnemonia, rabies, sheep-pox, swine fever and Teschen disease;”. ## 5 Revocations and consequential amendments The Orders referred to in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked or amended as specified in that Schedule. ## Signature In witness thereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on L.S. John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 10th December 1992 Hector Munro Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 10th December 1992 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 10th December 1992 ## Schedule 1 SCHEDULE SPECIFIED DISEASES Articles 2(b) and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 REVOCATIONS Title of Order Reference Extent of revocation The Sheep Pox Order 1938 SR&O 1938/229 The whole Order The Brucellosis Melitensis Order 1940 SR&O 1940/1251 The whole Order The Brucellosis Melitensis (Amendment) Order 1942 SR&O 1942/143 The whole Order The Teschen Disease Order 1974 S.I.1974/1185 The whole Order The Brucellosis Melitensis (Amendment) Order 1977 S.I.1977/945 The whole Order ### Part II: AMENDMENTS ## 1 In Schedule 2 to The Importation of Animals Order 1977 the references to the Sheep Pox Order of 1938 and the Teschen Disease Order 1974 shall be deleted. ## 2 In the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987 the words “African horse sickness,” shall be deleted from Article 2(b) and in the definition of “disease” in Article 3(1). ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) This Order extends the list of diseases for which the Minister may cause animals to be slaughtered to include the following diseases in all mammals except man: African horse sickness Bluetongue Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis Contagious agalactia Contagious epidydimitis Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease Goat pox Lumpy Skin Disease Peste des Petits Ruminants Rift Valley Fever Sheep pox Teschen Disease Vesicular Stomatitis The inclusion of African horse sickness implements the slaughter requirements of Council Directive 92/35/EEC laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness (OJ No L157, 10.6.92, p.19) (Article 2 of the Order). It extends the list of notifiable diseases in the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991 to include Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, contagious epidydimitis and scrapie, as is required by Council Directive 91/68/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (OJ No L46, 19.12.91, p.19) and contagious agalactia as is required by Council Directive 91/68/EEC for Member States wishing to prove freedom from disease; African Horse Sickness as is required by Council Directive 92/35/EEC; and epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease and sheep pox (Article 3). It extends the definition of “disease” in the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985 to include African horse sickness, brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, contagious agalactia and contagious epidydimitis, as required for the purposes of Council Directives 91/68/EEC and 92/35/EEC (Article 4). It revokes the provisions in Schedule 2 which concern matters now dealt with by this Order (Article 5). The Order implements all those provisions in Council Directives 91/68/EEC and 92/35/EEC not already implemented under existing legislation. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3159 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/specified-diseases-notification-and-slaughter-order-1992 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.