The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 13) Order 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends, as regards Wales, the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1950) as last amended as regards Wales by The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No.12) Order (S.I. 2001/3706 (W.303)), (the “1983 Order”).

The principal amendments made to the 1983 Order are as follows—

(1) The definition of “hunting” in article 3(1) is amended (article 2(3)) so as to substitute for the words “any drag trail” in that definition the words “any drag or other trail”;

(2) Articles 18 and 31 (which respectively regulate the movement of animals in infected and controlled areas declared by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under articles 17 and 30 of the 1983 Order) are amended (articles 2(4) and 2(6)) —

(a) by the deletion of paragraph (4) of article 18 and of paragraph (2) of article 31 (provisions dealing with instructions from the Chief Veterinary Officer to local authority inspectors in relation to the issuing of licences for certain classes of animal movement); and

(b) so as to make clear—

(i) that a person moving animals under a licence granted under either article 18 or 31 must disinfect the vehicle in which the animals are moved in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1983 Order and any additional requirements specified in the licence; and

(ii) that requirements imposed by articles 18 and 31 on the occupier of premises to which animals are moved under any licence issued thereunder are subject to any contrary requirements imposed by the licence on the person moving the animals;

(3) Article 29A (which imposes restrictions on certain sporting and recreational activities in an infected area) is amended (article 2(5)) so that a veterinary inspector in considering whether to issue a permit to allow falconry or a licence to allow the shooting of birds is required to comply with any instructions issued by the Minister in relation to the issuing of any such permit or licence; and

(4) Article 36 (which imposes restrictions on certain sporting and recreational activities in a controlled area) is amended (article 2(7))—

(a) so as to allow hunting with dogs (other than hunting for deer) to take place under the authority of a permit issued by a veterinary inspector; and

(b) so as to provide that an inspector in considering whether to issue a licence to cull deer and a veterinary inspector in considering whether to issue a permit to hunt shall comply with any instructions issued by the Minister in relation to the issue of any such permit or licence.

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for this Order.