Explanatory Note
(This note does not form part of the Order)
This Order revokes and replaces the Animals (Post-Import Control) Order 1993, S.I. 1993/14. It establishes controls on certain animals after they have been imported into Great Britain by laying down requirements relating to —
•cattle from areas not free from warble fly (article 2)
•pigs from areas not free from Aujesky’s disease (article 3 and Schedule 1)
•cattle from Canada (article 4 and Schedule2)
•cattle imported under specific Community legislation (articles 5 and 6 and Schedule 3), and
•sheep and goats from areas not free from contagious agalactia (article 7).
It empowers an inspector to serve a notice in specified circumstances (article 8).
It is enforced by the local authority (article 9).
Contravention of the Order is an offence under the Animal Health Act 1981.
A Compliance Cost Assessment for this Order has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Animal Health (International Trade) Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Goverment Buildings, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7NF.