# The Zoonoses Order 1988 S.I. 1988/2264 · made 21 December 1988 Section 29 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (“the Act”) empowers Ministers, with a view to reducing the risk to human health from any disease of animals, to make an order designating any such disease which, in their opinion, constitutes such a risk and applying any provision of the Act to that disease. ## Introductory text ANIMALS ANIMAL HEALTH Made 21st December 1988 Coming into force 22nd December 1988 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 by sections 1, 7(1), 8(1), 15(4), 29(1) and (2), 72, 86(1) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: ## 1 Title and commencement This Order may be cited as the Zoonoses Order 1988 and shall come into force on 22nd December 1988. ## 2 Interpretation In this Order — “the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981; “animals” means bovine animals, sheep, goats, deer and all other ruminating animals; “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly. ## 3 Designation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy for the purposes of section 29 (1) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, being a disease of animals which, in the opinion of the Ministers, constitutes a risk within the meaning of section 29 of the Act, is hereby designated for the purposes of that section. (2) The provisions of the Act listed in the Schedule to this Order shall apply in relation to bovine spongiform encephalopathy with a view to reducing the risk to human health from that disease.684 ## 4 Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988 In article 2 of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988 the words “in its application to this Order” shall be omitted. ## Signature In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 21st December 1988. L.S. Trumpington Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office 20th December 1988 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 20th December 1988 ## PROVISIONS OF THE ANIMAL HEALTH ACT 1981 APPLIED IN RELATION TO BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING THE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM THAT DISEASE Provision Description Section 1 General powers of Ministers to make Orders Section 7 Cleansing and disinfection Section 8 Movement generally Section 25 Movement generally Section 50 Local authorities for the purposes of the Act Section 51 Local authorities and their districts Section 52 Inspectors and other officers of local authorities Section 53 Borrowing powers of local authorities Section 59 Default of local authorities Section 60 Powers and duties of constables Section 63 General powers of inspectors Section 66 Refusal of admission to land etc. and obstruction Section 67 Issue of false licences Section 68 Issue of licences etc. in blank Section 69 Falsely obtaining licences etc. Section 71 Other offences as to licences Section 72 Offences made and declared by and under the Act Section 73 General offences Section 75 Punishment for offences Section 77 Money recoverable summarily or a civil debt Section 78 Right of appeal Section 79 Evidence and procedure under the Act685 Section 81 Reports to Ministers Section 83 Form and service of instruments under the Act Section 84 Fees Section 86 Ministers and their functions Section 87 Meaning of “animals” and “poultry” Section 88 Meaning of “disease” Section 89 Other interpretation provisions Section 91 Publication etc. of Orders Section 92 General application to Scotland ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) Section 29 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (“the Act”) empowers Ministers, with a view to reducing the risk to human health from any disease of animals, to make an order designating any such disease which, in their opinion, constitutes such a risk and applying any provision of the Act to that disease. The Order designates bovine spongiform encephalopathy for the purposes of section 29 (article 3(1)) and applies certain provisions of the Act to bovine spongiform encephalopathy with a view to reducing any risk to human health from that disease (article 3(2) and the Schedule). The Order also amends article 2 of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988 so that the definition of “disease” as extended by that article will now apply for all the purposes of the Act without being restricted to the purposes of that Order (article 4). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2264 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-order-1988 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.