Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement in Scotland Commission Decisions 2001/518/EC and 2001/547/EC, each of which further amends Commission Decision 2001/356/EC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom). The Regulations amend the restrictions on imports and exports of certain animals and animal products contained in the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 (“the principal Regulations”) to continue the effect of those restrictions until midnight on 30th September 2001.
They make further changes to clarify the application of those restrictions to consignments, to permit consolidated consignments in certain circumstances, to provide that restrictions on the export of horses apply from premises subject to Form D restrictions under article 13 of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983, and to prohibit offering to dispatch or export, or accept orders to dispatch or export, in contravention of the principal Regulations.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.