# The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) (Wales) Order 2006

W.S.I. 2006/2237 · made 16 August 2006

Article 2 of this Order amends the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3159) by adding equine infectious anaemia to the list of diseases to which section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 applies (under which the National Assembly for Wales may cause animals to be slaughtered).

Made under: Animal Health Act 1981 (Section 15, Section 32, Section 88)

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## Introductory text

ANIMALS, WALES
ANIMAL HEALTH
Made 16 August 2006
Coming into force 29 August 2006
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(4), 32(2) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and now vested in it:

## 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of this Order is the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) (Wales) Order 2006.
(2) This Order comes into force on 29 August 2006.
(3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

## 2 Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992

In article 2(1) (application of section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981) of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 after “Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease” insert “Equine infectious anaemia”.

## 3 Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996

In Part I of Schedule 1 (specified diseases) to the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996 after “Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease” insert “Equine infectious anaemia”.

## Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998.
Jane Hutt
Minister for Assembly Business Equalities and Children
16 August 2006

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order amends the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3159) by adding equine infectious anaemia to the list of diseases to which section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 applies (under which the National Assembly for Wales may cause animals to be slaughtered).
Article 3 amends the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2628) by adding equine infectious anaemia to the list of specified diseases in relation to which the notification provisions in article 3 of that Order apply.

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