The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 127

ANIMALS

ANIMAL HEALTH

The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001

Made

27th March 2001

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

29th March 2001

Coming into force at 8.00 p.m. on

27th March 2001

The Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and cessation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force at 8.00 p.m. on 27th March 2001.

(2) These Regulations shall remain in force until midnight on 4th April 2001.

Amendment to the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

2.—(1) The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(3) for “midnight on 27th March 2001”, there is substituted “midnight on 4th April 2001”.

(3) In regulation 2, for the definition of “the Decision”(3), there is substituted–

““the Decision” means Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of 1st March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/145/EC(4), as amended by Commission Decision 2001/190/EC(5), Commission Decision 2001/209/EC(6) and Commission Decision 2001/239/EC(7);”.

(4) In regulation 4(2)(c)(ii) for the words “on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat” there shall be substituted the words “on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin”.

(5) In regulation 5(3)(b)(iii) for the words “Chapter VII of Annex A” there shall be substituted the words “Chapter VI of Annex B”.

(6) For regulation 7(2)(d)(8) there is substituted–

“(d) milk products destined for export to a third country where import conditions permit such products to be subject to treatment other than laid down in these Regulations.”

Consequential Amendments to the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001

3.—(1) The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001(9) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(2) for “midnight on 27th March 2001” there is substituted “midnight on 4th April 2001”.

(3) Regulations 2(2) and 2(5) are revoked.

DAVID R DICKSON

A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Pentland House,

Edinburgh

27th March 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement in Scotland Commission Decision 2001/239/EC amending Commission Decision 2001/172/EC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom), for the third time. They amend the restrictions on imports and exports of certain animals and animal products contained in the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 to continue the effect of those restrictions until midnight on 4th April 2001, and make minor corrections to references to Directives.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.

(1)

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

(2)

S.S.I. 2001/95, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/112.

(3)

The definition of the Decision was substituted by S.S.I. 2001/112.

(4)

O.J. No. L 62, 2.3.01, p.22.

(5)

O.J. No. L 67, 9.3.01, p 88.

(6)

O.J. No. L 76, 16.3.01, p.35.

(7)

O.J. No. L 86, 27.3.01, p 33.

(8)

Inserted by S.S.I. 2001/112.

(9)

S.S.I. 2001/112