2001 No. 401
ANIMALS
ANIMAL HEALTH

The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (Recovery of Costs) Regulations 2001

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force at 3.00 p.m. on
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, extent, commencement and cessation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (Recovery of Costs) Regulations 2001.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

(3)

These Regulations shall come into force at 3.00 p.m. on 30th October 2001, and shall remain in force until midnight on 31st December 2001.

Recovery of Costs2.

The Scottish Ministers may charge the occupier of any holding or premises at which supervision or inspection is carried out for the purposes of establishing the eligibility for dispatch of products under the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 20012 for the costs reasonably incurred by them in that respect.
DAVID R DICKSON
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Pentland House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations permit the Scottish Ministers to recover reasonable costs for supervision or inspections carried out for the purposes of dispatch of products under the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2001, in implementation of Commission Decision 2001/740/EC (O.J. No. L 277, 20.10.01, p.30).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.