The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and re-make with amendments the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) Regulations 2007. They implement in Scotland Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

They regulate–

• the importation and dispatch of live animals (regulations 4 and 5),

• the export of meat from bovine, ovine caprine and porcine animals (regulation 6),

• the export of meat products, milk and dairy products (regulations 7, 8 and 9),

• the export of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates (regulation 10), hides and skins (regulation 11) and various animal products (regulation 12),

• the export of equidae (regulation 15).

They create offences relating to personal export and of offering to export anything which it is prohibited to export under the Regulations (regulations 16 and 17).

They provide for the cleansing and disinfection of vehicles used to transport live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease (regulation 18)

They provide powers in respect of enforcement (regulation 19) and create offences of obstruction and furnishing false information (regulations 21 and 22).

Breach of the Regulations is an offence, punishable–

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

They provide for sharing of information relating to these Regulations (regulation 26).

The Regulations are enforced by the Scottish Ministers or the local authority (regulation 27).

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