http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/506/article/2The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Order 2007MOT testsBEE DISEASES2021-11-04Statute Law Database2007-12-01 This Order revokes and replaces the Bee Diseases Control Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/107) and revokes the Importation of Bees Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/310) in so far as those instruments relate to Scotland. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order– “the Act” means the Bees Act 1980; “appliances” means containers or any other equipment used in connection with keeping or transporting bees; “bee pest” means any beetle, mite or similar organism in any stage of its life cycle that may be injurious to bees; “field test kit” means a portable test kit that can confirm the presence of a disease; “hive” means any receptacle that contains or has at any time contained a colony of bees; “notifiable disease” means American foul brood or European foul brood; “notifiable pest” means the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) or any species of the Tropilaelaps mite; “premises” includes any land or building; and “vehicle” includes any vessel, boat, hovercraft or aircraft. 2 Any notice or licence issued under this Order– a must be in writing; b may be subject to conditions; and c may be suspended, amended or revoked by a notice at any time. 3 Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to a notice issued under article 10. 4 A licence issued under this Order may be general or specific. 5 The Scottish Ministers must bring a general licence issued under this Order to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it by publishing it in such manner as they consider necessary. 6 Any reference in this Order to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 2000, which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced. 2000 c. 7; amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21). Art. 2 in force at 1.12.2007, see art. 1(1)