Statutory Instruments
ANIMALS
ANIMAL HEALTH
Made
10th December 1992
Coming into force
1st January 1993
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 15(4). 32(2), 87(2) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981(1) and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. These Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.
2.—(1) Section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981, which enables the Minister to cause animals to be slaughtered on account of disease, shall apply to the following diseases–
African horse sickness
Bluetongue
Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis
Contagious agalactia
Contagious epidydimitis
Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease
Goat pox
Lumpy Skin Disease
Peste des Petits Ruminants
Rift Valley Fever
Sheep pox
Teschen Disease
Vesicular Stomatitis
(2) For the purposes of this article the definition of “animal” in the Animal Health Act 1981 is hereby extended to include any kind of mammal except man.
3.—(1) For the Schedule to the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991(2) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 of this Order.
(2) In Article 2(b) of the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991 the words “column 1 of” shall be omitted.
(3) In Article 3 of the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991 for the definition of “specified disease” there shall be substituted the following–
““specified disease” means a disease specified in the Schedule to this Order;”
4. In Article 3 of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985(3), for the definition of “disease” there shall be substituted the following–
““Disease” means African horse sickness, Aujeszky’s disease, Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, cattle plague, contagious agalactia, contagious epidydimitis, dourine, enzootic bovine leukosis, equine infectious anaemia, equine encephalomyelitis, pleuro-pnemonia, rabies, sheep-pox, swine fever and Teschen disease;”.
5. The Orders referred to in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked or amended as specified in that Schedule.
In witness thereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
L.S.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
10th December 1992
Hector Munro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
10th December 1992
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
10th December 1992
Article 3
Articles 2(b) and 3
African horse sickness
Bluetongue
Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis
Contagious agalactia
Contagious epidydimitis
Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease
Goat pox
Lumpy skin disease
Peste des petits ruminants
Rift Valley Fever
Scrapie
Sheep pox
Teschen Disease
Vesicular Stomatitis
Viral haemorrhagic disease
Article 4
| Title of Order | Reference | Extent of revocation |
|---|---|---|
| The Sheep Pox Order 1938 | SR&O 1938/229 | The whole Order |
| The Brucellosis Melitensis Order 1940 | SR&O 1940/1251 | The whole Order |
| The Brucellosis Melitensis (Amendment) Order 1942 | SR&O 1942/143 | The whole Order |
| The Teschen Disease Order 1974 | S.I. 1974/1185 | The whole Order |
| The Brucellosis Melitensis (Amendment) Order 1977 | S.I. 1977/945 | The whole Order |
1. In Schedule 2 to The Importation of Animals Order 1977(4) the references to the Sheep Pox Order of 1938 and the Teschen Disease Order 1974 shall be deleted.
2. In the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987(5) the words “African horse sickness,” shall be deleted from Article 2(b) and in the definition of “disease” in Article 3(1).
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
This Order extends the list of diseases for which the Minister may cause animals to be slaughtered to include the following diseases in all mammals except man:
African horse sickness
Bluetongue
Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis
Contagious agalactia
Contagious epidydimitis
Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease
Goat pox
Lumpy Skin Disease
Peste des Petits Ruminants
Rift Valley Fever
Sheep pox
Teschen Disease
Vesicular Stomatitis
The inclusion of African horse sickness implements the slaughter requirements of Council Directive 92/35/EEC laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness (OJ No L157, 10.6.92, p.19) (Article 2 of the Order).
It extends the list of notifiable diseases in the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991 to include Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, contagious epidydimitis and scrapie, as is required by Council Directive 91/68/EEC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (OJ No L46, 19.12.91, p.19) and contagious agalactia as is required by Council Directive 91/68/EEC for Member States wishing to prove freedom from disease; African Horse Sickness as is required by Council Directive 92/35/EEC; and epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease and sheep pox (Article 3).
It extends the definition of “disease” in the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985 to include African horse sickness, brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, contagious agalactia and contagious epidydimitis, as required for the purposes of Council Directives 91/68/EEC and 92/35/EEC (Article 4).
It revokes the provisions in Schedule 2 which concern matters now dealt with by this Order (Article 5).
The Order implements all those provisions in Council Directives 91/68/EEC and 92/35/EEC not already implemented under existing legislation.
1981 c. 22; see section 86(1)(c) for the definition of “the Ministers”.
S.I. 1991/1155.
S.I. 1985/1765
S.I. 1977/944.
S.I. 1987/790.