2014 No. 151

AnimalsAnimal Health

The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) (Amendment) and Compensation (Scotland) Order 2014

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32(2) and (3) and 87(2)(a) of the Animal Health Act 19811 and all other powers enabling them to do so2.

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

This Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) (Amendment) and Compensation (Scotland) Order 2014 and comes into force on 28th June 2014.

2

This Order extends to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 19922

In article 2(1) (application of section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981) of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 19923—

a

after “Contagious epidydimitis” insert “Dourine”; and

b

after “Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease” insert—

  • Equine infectious anaemia

  • Glanders

Compensation for animals slaughtered an account of dourine, equine infectious anaemia or glanders3

Where the Scottish Ministers cause any kind of mammal, except man, affected by dourine, equine infectious anaemia or glanders, to be slaughtered under the powers conferred by section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981, the amount of compensation payable in relation to that mammal is £1.

RICHARD LOCHHEADA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 by adding dourine, equine infectious anaemia and glanders to the list of diseases in that Order to which section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 applies. Section 32 of that Act gives the Scottish Ministers a power to slaughter animals affected, suspected of being affected, or exposed to specified diseases.

This Order also prescribes the scale of compensation payable where the Scottish Ministers cause the slaughter under section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 of an animal confirmed to be affected with dourine, equine infectious anaemia or glanders.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as animal disease outbreak is unpredictable and its impact would vary depending on the location and nature of an outbreak.