The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992
S.I. 1992/3159 · Made 10 December 1992 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland
F1ANIMALS
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 1981f1 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby makes 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), arts.1(1), 18; and revoked (W. in relation to bluetongue) (19.2.2003) by The Bluetongue (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/326), arts. 1(1), 19
Footnotes
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1981 c. 22; see section 86(1)(c) for the definition of “the Ministers”.
Contents
- 1Title and commencement
- 2Application of section 22 of the Animal Health Act 1981
- 3Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991 Repealed
- 4Amendment of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985
- 5Revocations and consequential amendments
- Signature
- Schedule 1Schedule 1 Repealed
- Schedule 2
- 1REVOCATIONS
- Part II: AMENDMENTS
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Explanatory note
1Title and commencementF1I1
These Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.
2Application of section 22 of the Animal Health Act 1981F1E1I1 E
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 sicknessBluetongueBrucellosis caused by Brucella melitensisContagious agalactiaF2Contagious caprine pleuropneumoniaContagious epidydimitisF3Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum)F4Ebola virusEpizootic haemorrhagic virus diseaseF5Epizootic Lymphangitis (Histoplasma farciminosum)F6Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)F7Equine infectious anaemiaF8Equine Viral EncephalomyelitisGoat poxLumpy Skin DiseasePeste des Petits RuminantsRift Valley FeverSheep poxF9Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)Teschen DiseaseVesicular Stomatitis
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.
3Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991F2F1
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4Amendment of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985F1I1F2
In Article 3 of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985, for the definition of “disease” there shall be substituted the following–
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”“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;.
5Revocations and consequential amendmentsF1I1
The Orders referred to in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked or amended as specified in that Schedule.
Signature
F1In 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 1F1
SCHEDULE
SPECIFIED DISEASES
Articles 2(b) and 3
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1REVOCATIONSI1F1
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In Schedule 2 to The Importation of Animals Order 1977f1 the references to the Sheep Pox Order of 1938 and the Teschen Disease Order 1974 shall be deleted.
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In the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987f1 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).