Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 2922

ANIMALS

ANIMAL HEALTH

The Animal Health Orders (Divisional Veterinary Manager Amendment) Order 1995

Made

13th November 1995

Coming into force

1st December 1995

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) and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, for the purposes of Schedule 1, Part I (except for paragraph 9) and Schedule 2 of the following Order;

the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 15(4) and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, for the purposes of Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 9 of the following Order;

the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 15(4) and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, for the purposes of Schedule 1, Part II of the following Order; and

the Secretary of State for Scotland in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 15(4) and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, for the purposes of Schedule 1, Part III of the following Order,

hereby make the following Order:—

Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Animal Health Orders (Divisional Veterinary Manager Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st December 1995.

Interpretation

2. Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Order to a numbered article, Schedule or Part of a Schedule is a reference to the article, Schedule or Part bearing that number in this Order.

Amendments relating to the “Divisional Veterinary Manager”

3. In the Orders specified in columns 1 and 2 of Parts I, II and III of Schedule 1, in the provisions specified in column 3 in each of those Parts, for the words:—

(a)“Divisional Veterinary Officer”; and

(b)in the case of paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, “divisional veterinary officer”,

in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “Divisional Veterinary Manager”.

4. In the Orders specified in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 2, in the provisions specified in column 3, for the words “Divisional Veterinary Inspector” or “divisional veterinary inspector” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “Divisional Veterinary Manager”.

Angela Browning

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

8th November 1995

Raymond Robertson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

13th November 1995

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

13th November 1995

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1“DIVISIONAL VETERINARY MANAGER” IN PLACE OF “DIVISIONAL VETERINARY OFFICER”

PART IOrders applying to Great Britain

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Title	S.I. No.	Provisions Amended
1. The Export of Horses (Veterinary Examination) Order 1966	1966/507	articles 2(1) and 3.
2. The Rabies (Importation of Dogs,Cats and Other Mammals) Order(2) 1974	1974/2211	article 4A(2), (3), (4) and (6).
3. The Rabies (Control) Order 1974	1974/2212	articles 2(1), 4(3) and 5(5) and the second Note to Schedule 2.
4. The Importation of Animals Order 1977(3)	1977/944	articles 2(1), 4(2), (3), (4) and (5) and 5(4).
5. The Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Order 1980(4)	1980/79	articles 3, 4(1) and (2), 5(1) and (2) and 5A.
6. The Aujeszky’s Disease Order 1983	1983/344	article 19(2) and the Note to Form A, B, C, D and E of the Schedule.
7. The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983(5)	1983/1950	articles 3, 4(1), (2), (3) and (4), 5(1), 16, 19(3), 32(3) and 43; in Schedule 1, the first Note to Form A, the Note to Form B, paragraphs 1(c) and 2 of Form C, and paragraph 1(a) of the Notes to Form D and the Note to Form E; in Schedule 3, footnote (1) to Part I.
8. The Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987	1987/790	articles 3(1), 4, 7(1) and 9; in Schedule 1, the Note and rule 8 and 9 of Form A and the Note to Form B, C and D.
9. The Tuberculosis (Deer) Order 1989(6)	1989/878	articles 2(1), 4(1), 5(1) and 7.
10. The Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991(7)	1991/1155	articles 3 and 5(1).
11. The Anthrax Order 1991	1991/2184	articles 2(1), 4, 7(2) and 9.
12. The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1991(8)	1991/2246	articles 4(1) and 5(1) and (3)(a) and paragraph (b) of the Schedule.
13. The Diseases of Poultry Order 1994	1994/3141	articles 3(1) and 4.
14. The Welfare of Animals during Transport Order 1994(9)	1994/3249	articles 1(3), 7(4) and 13.
15. The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995	1995/11	articles 3(1), (2), (4) and (6).
16. The Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995	1995/12	articles 4(1), (2), (4) and (6).
17. The Equine Viral Arteritis Order 1995	1995/1755	articles 3, 4(1), (3) and (4) and 6(2) and paragraphs 3, 5 and 7 of the Schedule.

PART IIOrders applying to England and Wales

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Title	S.I. No.	Provisions Amended
1. The Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984(10)	1984/1943	articles 2(1), 5(1) and (2) and 6(1) and the Note to Form A of Schedule 1.

PART IIIOrders applying to Scotland

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Title	S.I. No.	Provisions Amended
1. The Warble Fly (Scotland) Order 1982(11)	1982/207 (S.32)	articles 2(1), 4(1)(a) and (3), 11(3) and (4)(b), 12(3), 14(1) and (3) and 15; in the Schedule, paragraph 2 of the Notes and the address box of Form F and the address box of Form G.
2. The Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984(12)	1984/2063 (S.163)	articles 2(1), 5(1) and (2) and 6(1) and the Note to Form A of Schedule 1.

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2“DIVISIONAL VETERINARY MANAGER” IN PLACE OF “DIVISIONAL VETERINARY INSPECTOR”

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Title	S.I. No.	Provisions Amended
The Swine Fever Order 1963(13)	1963/286	articles 2(1), 3(3)(a), 4(7), 7(4) and (7), 12(1) and (5), 13(1) and (4); in the Schedule, the Note to Form A and C and the Notes for Inspector’s use to Form B.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Orders specified in the Schedules so as to replace the terms “Divisional Veterinary Officer”, or “Divisional Veterinary Inspector” with the term “Divisional Veterinary Manager” (articles 3 and 4) to reflect changes in the organisation of the Veterinary Field Service.

(1)

1981 c. 22. Section 86(1) contains a definition of “the Minister”, “the appropriate Minister” and “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made.

(2)

The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1994/1716.

(3)