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2.—(1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 (“the 1983 Order”)(1) in so far as it applies to Wales, is amended in accordance with this article.
(2) For article 24, substitute—
24. The owner or person in charge of any animal on common or unenclosed land shall not move the animal from that land except—
(a)under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister; or
(b)where instructed to do so by a notice from a veterinary inspector.”.
(3) For article 27, substitute —
27—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall—
(a)shear or dip sheep or cause sheep to be sheared or dipped; or
(b)handle fleeces or sheep during shearing or dipping,
except in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Minister.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the occupier of any premises or his employee (other than a person employed by him primarily for the purpose of shearing or dipping sheep) in respect of the shearing or dipping of sheep kept on those premises.
(3) For the purposes of this article—
(a)“shearing” includes clipping and dagging; and
(b)“dipping” includes showering and jetting sheep with sheep dip.”.
(4) For article 34A, substitute—
34A. The owner or person in charge of any animal on common or unenclosed land shall not move the animal from that land except—
(a)under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister; or
(b)where instructed to do so by a notice from a veterinary inspector.”.
(5) For article 37C, substitute—
37C.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall —
(a)shear or dip sheep or cause sheep to be sheared or dipped; or
(b)handle fleeces or sheep during shearing or dipping,
except in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Minister.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the occupier of any premises or his employee (other than a person employed by him primarily for the purpose of shearing or dipping sheep) in respect of the shearing or dipping of sheep kept on those premises.
(3) for the purposes of this article—
(a)“shearing” includes clipping and dagging; and
(b)“dipping” includes showering and jetting sheep with sheep dip.”.
S.I. 1983/1950, as amended by S.I. 1993/3119, S.I. 1995/2922 and, as regards Wales, S.I. 2001/572 (W.26), S.I. 2001/658 (W.33), S.I. 2001/968 (W.46), S.I. 2001/1033 (W.47) (itself amended by S.I. 2001/1234 (W.67)), S.I. 2001/1406 (W.93), S.I. 2001/1509 (W.106) and S.I. 2001/1874 (W.134).
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