(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001.

It amends the maximum number of days within which licensed movement to slaughter must be completed from 5 days to 7 (article 2).

It also amends the ban on hunting and stalking for deer, by adding the areas of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Councils to the permitted areas where, in certain circumstances, exceptions are allowed to the ban on hunting or stalking certain types of deer (article 3).