EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, which extends the statutory definitions of “animals” in section 84(1) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 so as to include hares, and of “disease” in section 84(3) so as to include brucella suis and tularaemia, prohibits the importation into Great Britain of live hares except under licence of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State for Scotland.