The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 No. 2897

Amendment of the Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006 E+W

15.  In the Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006 M1 , in article 25 (enforcement), after paragraph (2) add—

“(3) Where the Secretary of State makes a direction under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of Public Prosecutions functions in relation to the prosecution of an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 relating to this Order.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2006/3249, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.