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The Tuberculosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/140 · Made 24 January 2006

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ANIMALS, ENGLAND

ANIMAL HEALTH

Made 24th January 2006

Coming into force 19th February 2006

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981f1 and now vested in her f2, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 22.

f2

Functions conferred by the Animal Health Act 1981 on ‘the Ministers’ (as defined in section 86 of the Act) are now exercisable by the Secretary of State. Functions conferred on ‘the Ministers’ were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (SI 1999/3141) and were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (SI 2002/794).

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and application
  2. 2Amendment of the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2005
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Tuberculosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2006 and comes into force on 19th February 2006.

(2)

This Order applies in England only.

2Amendment of the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2005

The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2005f1 is amended as follows—

(a)

in article 23 (transitional provisions), for “article 8” substitute “article 9”;

(b)

in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (movements to exempt markets), for “exempt finishing unit” substitute “exempt or approved finishing unit”.

Signature

Ben Bradshaw

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

24th January 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies in England only, amends the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2005 (SI 2005/3446) in two ways.

Article 23 of that Order now refers to article 9. Up to and including 28th February 2007, the requirement for pre-movement testing will not apply to animals under the age of 15 months.

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 now includes reference to approved as well as exempt finishing units as a permitted destination for animals moving through exempt markets.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on the costs of business.