The Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996 in Wales
S.I. 1996/2628 · Made 15 October 1996 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland
ANIMALS
ANIMAL HEALTH
Made 15th October 1996
Coming into force 21st October 1996
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, 8(1), 15(4), 72, 87(2) and (5) and 88(2) and (4) of the Animal Health Act 1981f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Textual amendments
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Order revoked (E. in relation to Bluetongue) (19.2.2003) by The Bluetongue Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/130), art. 18; and revoked (W. in relation to Bluetongue) (19.2.2003) by The Bluetongue (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/326), art. 19
Footnotes
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1981 c. 22. See section 86(1) for a definition of “the Ministers” and “the Minister”.
Contents
- 1Title and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 4Notification of spongiform encephalopathy
- 6Offences
- 7Enforcement
- 8Revocations
- Signature
- Schedule 1: SPECIFIED DISEASES
- IPart I
- IIPart II
- Schedule 1AFURTHER SPECIFIED DISEASES
- Schedule 2REVOCATIONS
- Explanatory note
1Title and commencementF1I1
This Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21st October 1996.
2InterpretationF1E1I1 E+W
4Notification of spongiform encephalopathyF1I1
For the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to this article—
the definition of “animals” in section 87(1) is hereby extended to comprise—
any kind of mammal except man, and
any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal;
the definition of “poultry” in section 87(4) is hereby extended to comprise birds of all species; and
the definition of “disease” in section 88(1) is hereby extended to comprise any form of spongiform encephalopathy.
A person who, in the course of a laboratory examination of the carcase of any poultry, or of any animal other than a sheep, goat or animal of the bovine species, reasonably suspects the presence of spongiform encephalopathy, shall—
give notice of that fact as soon as practicable in accordance with article 5(1) below;
retain the sample examined and the remainder of the carcase until its disposal is authorised in writing by a veterinary inspector; and
if required in writing to do so by a veterinary inspector, surrender any samples in whatever form they are to a veterinary inspector.
This article shall not apply in relation to any spongiform encephalopathy which has been deliberately introduced into an animal, a carcase or a sample in a laboratory.
6OffencesF1I1
Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with F2article 3, 4, 4A or 4B of this Order shall be guilty of an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.
7EnforcementF1I1
This Order shall be enforced by the local authority.
8RevocationsF1I1
The instruments in Schedule 2 of this Order are hereby revoked to the extent set out in Column 3 of that Schedule.
Signature
F1Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th October 1996
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Scottish Office
15th October 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Welsh Office
7th October 1996
II1F1
F2African horse sicknessF3BluetongueBrucellosis caused by Brucella melitensisContagious agalactiaF4Contagious caprine pleuropneumoniaContagious epidydimitisEpizootic haemorrhagic virus diseaseF5Equine infectious anaemiaF6Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)Goat poxF7Infection withBurkholderia mallei(glanders)Lumpy skin diseasePeste des petits ruminantsF8Porcine epidemic diarrhoeaRift Valley FeverF9
...F10Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)Teschen DiseaseVesicular Stomatitis
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Sheep pox
Schedule 1AFURTHER SPECIFIED DISEASES
F1Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea
Infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
Infection with bovine rhinotracheitis or infectious pustular vulvovaginitis
Paratuberculosis
Trichomonosis
F2Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
Infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/ infectious pustular vulvovaginitis
Paratuberculosis
Trichomonosis
Schedule 2REVOCATIONSI1F1
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order replaces the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991, as amended—“the 1991 Order”. It extends the definition of “disease” in the Animal Health Act 1981 so as to comprise the diseases set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order; sheep pox, which is in Part II of that Schedule, is already a disease for the purposes of that Act by virtue of section 88(1) of that Act (article 3(1)(b)).
The Order requires notification to be given of an occurrence or suspected occurrence of a disease specified in Schedule 1 to the Order to the Divisional Veterinary Manager, an inspector or a constable (articles 3 and 5).
Viral Haemorrhagic Disease, affecting rabbits, was a specified disease requiring notification under the 1991 Order. This Order omits that disease from the list of specified diseases.
Article 4 provides for the notification of spongiform encephalopathy in certain cases. A breach of articles 3 or 4 of the Order is an offence under the Animal Health Act 1981 (article 6).
The Order is enforced by the local authority (article 7).
The 1991 Order and amendments to it, are revoked to the extent set out in Schedule 2 to the Order (article 8).
A Cost Compliance Assessment in relation to this Order has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and copies can be obtained from the Animal Health (Disease Control) Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Government Buildings, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7NF.