The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 3) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement in Scotland Commission Decision 2001/911/EC amending Commission Decision 2001/740/EC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom) for the fourth 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. 3) Regulations 2001 (“the principal Regulations”) to continue the effect of those restrictions, with amendments, until midnight on 28th February 2002.

The principal Regulations are amended to permit the dispatch from Scotland of live pigs reared in certain areas of Scotland, as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, subject to certain restrictions. They permit the multiple pick-up of animals destined for slaughter from holdings in certain areas, and where a sole occupancy licence applies. The Regulations also add Prestwick International Airport to list of ports of import, remove the test requirements for donor bulls and boars at semen collection centres in those areas, and amend the certification requirements for horses dispatched from Great Britain.

The areas referred to in regulation 6 of the principal Regulations are the Council areas listed in Schedule 1 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.