(1)In the 1981 Act the following section is inserted after section 32—
(1)The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 3 for the purpose of—
(a)authorising or requiring the slaughter of animals to be caused with a view to preventing the spread of disease other than foot-and-mouth disease;
(b)requiring the payment of compensation in respect of animals slaughtered by virtue of the order.
(2)An order under this section may include—
(a)amendments corresponding to those made by section 1 of the Animal Health Act 2002;
(b)amendments as to slaughter in relation to any disease not referred to in Schedule 3 (apart from the order);
(c)supplementary or incidental provisions (including amendments of provisions other than Schedule 3).
(3)No order may be made under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.”
(2)In section 35(2) of that Act (diseases to which power of seizure and disposal of carcases applies), in paragraph (a)—
(a)for the words “and swine-fever” substitute “, swine-fever and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies”;
(b)after “applies” insert “and any disease in respect of which an order under section 32A is in force”.