Scottish Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 258
ANIMALS
ANIMAL HEALTH
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) (Declaratory Orders) General Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001
Made 2nd July 2001
Coming into force at 5.00 p.m. on 2nd July 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 17(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
S.I. 1983/1950, as amended by S.I. 1993/3119, S.I. 1995/2922 and, as regards Scotland, by S.S.I. 2001/52, 55 and 101. See article 3(1) for the definition of “the Minister”. The functions of “the Minister”, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) (Declaratory Orders) General Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 and shall come into force at 5.00 p.m. on 2nd July 2001.

Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Scotland) Orders 2001
2. (1) The Orders referred to in paragraph (2) are amended in accordance with paragraph (3) of this article.
(2) The Orders referred to in paragraph (1) are–
(a) the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 5) Order 2001;
S.S.I. 2001/165, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/180, 187, 192, 203, 204, 246 and 247.
(b) the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 6) Order 2001; and
S.S.I. 2001/168, as amended by S.S.I 2001/194, 196, 204 and 246.
(c) the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 7) Order 2001.
S.S.I. 2001/193, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/204 and 246.
(3) In paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 2, for “a veterinary inspector” substitute “an inspector”.
DAVID R DICKSON
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
Pentland House,
Edinburgh
2nd July 2001

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that licences for movement of animals direct to approved slaughterhouses out of the infected areas designated by the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 5) Order 2001, the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 6) Order 2001 and the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 7) Order 2001 which may be issued by a veterinary inspector, may also be issued by an inspector appointed by the Scottish Ministers or by a local authority.