The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No.7) Order 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order replaces Parts III and IV of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 (“the 1983 Order”) (S.I. 1983/1950). It consolidates the changes made to these Parts by—

• The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales)(No4) Order (S.I. 2001/1033 (W.47)) as amended by S.I. 2001/1234 (W.67);

• The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales)(No5) Order (S.I. 2001/1406 (W.93));

• The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales)(No6) Order (S.I. 2001/1509 (W.106)).

It further amends the provisions of the 1983 Order by—

(a) amending the range of prohibited activities that are prohibited in an infected area (article 29A of the amended Part III) and in a controlled area (article 36 of the amended Part IV);

(b) amending articles 21 and 33 (control of carcases) to make it clear that the carcase of a deer slaughtered under article 29A or 36 can only be moved from the place it is killed, under the authority of a licence of the Minister;

(c) removing from the Order the form of licence for movements to slaughter;

(d) amending articles 27 and 37C (sheep shearing) so as to prohibit (subject to certain exemptions) the shearing or dipping of sheep in an infected area and the shearing of sheep in a controlled area except in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the Minister.

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for these Regulations.