(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement in Scotland the Commission Decision 2001/763/EC amending Commission Decision 2001/740/EC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom) for the first time. They 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 permit the dispatch from Scotland of pig meat from those areas of Scotland from which such exports were prohibited, and to permit the dispatch of beef from certain areas of Scotland.
The areas referred to in regulation 4 of the principal Regulations are the Council areas listed in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as inserted hereby. The Administrative Unit is used by the European Commission to designate areas of the United Kingdom for the purpose of allowing exports.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.