The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 3) Amendment Regulations 2001

Amendment to the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2001

2.—(1) The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2001(1) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(3) for “midnight on 31st December 2001”, there is substituted “midnight on 31st January 2002”.

(3) In regulation 2–

(a) for the definition of “the Decision”, there is substituted–

““the Decision” means Commission Decision 2001/740/EC of 19th October 2001 (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Commission Decision 2001/356/EC)(2), as amended by Commission Decision 2001/763/EC(3), Commission Decision 2001/789/EC(4) and Commission Decision 2001/848/EC(5);”; and

(b) for the definition of “port of import”, there is substituted-

““port of import” means the ports of Cairnryan, Dover, Dundee and Stranraer;”.

(4) In regulation 4–

(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “Cairnryan or Stranraer”, there is substituted “Cairnryan, Dundee or Stranraer”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (3)(b), for “three days”, there is substituted “three working days”.

(5) In regulation 6(2)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (d)(iv), after “establishment”, there is inserted “in Scotland”; and

(b) for sub-paragraph (e)(iv), there is substituted-

“(iv) the carcases were handled in accordance with the provisions of Annex I of Chapter III of Directive 92/45/EEC and transported to a wild game collection centre or to an approved processing house for chilling;”.

(6) In regulation 16(3), for “article”, there is substituted “regulation”.

(7) In regulation 20(1), for “export”, there is substituted “dispatch”.

(8) For Schedule 1 there is substituted the Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(1)

S.S.I. 2001/429.

(2)

O.J. No. L 227, 20.10.01, p.30. Commission Decision 2001/356/EC (O.J. No. L 125, 5.5.01, p.46), was amended by Commission Decision 2001/372/EC (O.J. No. L 130, 12.5.01, p.47), Commission Decision 2001/415/EC (O.J. No. L 149, 2.6.01, p.38), Commission Decision 2001/430/EC (O.J. No. L 153, 8.6.01, p.33), Commission Decision 2001/437/EC (O.J. No. L 154, 9.6.01, p.66), Commission Decision 2001/518/EC (O.J. No. L 186, 7.7.01, p.58), Commission Decision 2001/547/EC (O.J. No. L 195, 19.7.01, p.61), and Commission Decision 2001/708/EC (O.J. No. L 261, 29.9.01, p.67).

(3)

O.J. No. L 287, 31.10.01, p. 36.

(4)

O.J. No. L 295, 13.11.01, p. 25.

(5)

O.J. No. L 315, 1.12.01, p. 64.