The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006 No. 182

PART 4 E+W+S General and supplementary provisions

[F1 Biosecurity standards for laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus E+W+S

59A.— (1) All laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must be authorised by a licence under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008 and operate in accordance with the conditions of that licence.

(2) Laboratories handling live foot-and-mouth disease virus must be—

(a) designated by the Secretary of State as the national reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease; or

(b) specifically authorised by the Secretary of State for the handling of live foot-and-mouth disease virus.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 59A inserted (21.12.2021) by The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1472), arts. 1(1), 2(5)