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

It requires the owner or person in charge of an animal in a Controlled Area not to allow it to stray and makes provision for stray or feral animals to be detained and, if the owner cannot be found, destroyed.

It also amends the ban on hunting and stalking deer by changing the permitted areas where in certain circumstances, exceptions are allowed to the ban on hunting or stalking certain types of deer. Permitted areas now will comprise all of Scotland except the Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders council areas and those parts of Scotland outwith those council areas where an order made by the Scottish Ministers under article 17(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 is in force.

It also allows for individual licences for movement to slaughter to permit scheduled stops to occur at specified collection centres.