The Bluetongue (No. 2) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 3304

ANIMALS, ENGLAND

ANIMAL HEALTH

The Bluetongue (No. 2) Order 2007

Made

22nd November 2007

Coming into force

23rd November 2007

This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007 (on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain species of susceptible animals in relation to bluetongue M2 ) to be construed as a reference to that Regulation as amended from time to time.

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 M3 and sections 1, 7(1), 8(1), 15(4), 17(1), 23, 25, 28, 32(2), 34, 35, 36, 83(2) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981 M4 :

Marginal Citations

M1 1972 c.68.

M2 OJ No. L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 37.

M3 Paragraph 1A was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

M4 1981 c. 22. Powers to make Orders under these sections were originally conferred on “the Ministers” by section 86 of the Act. Those powers are now exercisable by the Secretary of State. Functions of “the Ministers” were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141). Functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

F1 PART 1 E+W+S Introduction

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Title, application and commencement E+W+S

F1 1.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Interpretation E+W+S

F1 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Extension of the definition of “disease” E+W+S

F1 3.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exemptions E+W+S

F1 4.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART 2 E+W+S Suspected and confirmed bluetongue

Initial requirements where bluetongue is known or suspected E+W+S

F1 5.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Suspected or infected premises E+W+S

F1 6.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Confirmation of bluetongue on premises E+W+S

F1 7.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Powers of veterinary inspectors and officers E+W+S

F1 8.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Temporary control zones E+W+S

F1 9.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Measures on confirmation of the bluetongue virus E+W+S

F1 10.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Restrictions in protection and surveillance zones E+W+S

F1 11.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Premises straddling zones E+W+S

F1 12.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Powers of inspectors and officers in control or restricted zones E+W+S

F1 13.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Slaughter of animals E+W+S

F1 14.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Subsequent movement of animals E+W+S

F1 15.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Bluetongue outside England E+W+S

F1 16.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

Slaughter of animals E+W+S

17.  Section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (which relates to slaughter and compensation) applies to bluetongue.

Declarations of zones E+W+S

F1 18.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (in part) (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/962), regs. 1, 29

F1 PART 3 E+W+S Miscellaneous

Surveillance E+W+S

F1 19.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vaccination against bluetongue E+W+S

F1 20.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers of inspectors in case of default E+W+S

F1 21.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General powers of inspectors E+W+S

F1 22.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Damage E+W+S

F1 23.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Licences E+W+S

F1 24.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Licences granted outside England E+W+S

F1 25.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Provision of assistance E+W+S

F1 26.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences by bodies corporate E+W+S

F1 27.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Enforcement E+W+S

F1 28.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Revocation E+W+S

F1 29.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jonathan Shaw

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order continues to implement Council Directive 2000/75/EC laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue. It revokes and remakes with changes the Bluetongue Order 2007 in order to enforce Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007.

The changes are that, following confirmation of bluetongue on any premises, a veterinary inspector may serve a notice removing the requirement for notification of further cases, and removing some or all of the restrictions on those premises (article 7). It also corrects an error in the previous Order concerning premises in one or more zones (article 12).

The Order provides that references to the Commission Regulation are references to it as amended from time to time (article 11(4)).

Part 2 of the Order provides for the reporting of symptoms of bluetongue and for the establishment of control zones and restricted zones. Unlike in the previous Order, these zones can now be of a size appropriate for the control of bluetongue. It controls the movement of animals from those zones. It also provides for the separation of a restricted zone into a protection zone and a surveillance zone, and controls movement between these zones.

It provides for surveillance for bluetongue (article 19) and prohibits vaccination against bluetongue without the consent of the Secretary of State (article 20).

Part 3 makes provision for enforcement.

It is enforced by the local authority.

Failure to comply with this Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981.

An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this Order.