Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 20012.

(1)

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 20012 is amended in accordance with this article.

(2)

In article 4–

(a)

in paragraph (4)(b) for the words “paragraph (8) below”, there is substituted “paragraph (8)(a) below, or to a place authorised by the Scottish Ministers under paragraph (8)(b) below, as the case may be,”;

(b)

for paragraphs (7) and (8) there are substituted–

“(7)

Subject to paragraph (8) below, no person shall use any premises for fairs, markets, shows (including standing sales of stock on farm) or other gatherings of animals, except as licensed by an inspector of the local authority or the Scottish Ministers.

(8)

Notwithstanding the prohibition in paragraph (7) above–

(a)

the use of premises as a collecting centre may be permitted by licence issued by an inspector of the local authority in accordance with the advice of the Chief Veterinary Officer; and

(b)

the use of a place in the course of movement of animals may be authorised by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b) above.”;

(c)

in paragraph (10), for “paragraph (4)” there is substituted “paragraphs (4) and (7)”; and

(d)

in paragraph (11), after “Part” there is inserted “(other than licences issued under paragraph (7) above)”.