The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 11) Order 2001

Made14th September 2001

Coming into force:16th September 2001

The National Assembly for Wales and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on them under sections 1, 8(1) and 23 of the Animal Health Act 19811 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:

Title, application and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 11) Order 2001; it applies to Wales, and comes into force on 16th September 2001.

Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 19832.

(1)

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 19832 in so far as it applies to Wales is amended in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(2)

After article 18(2) there shall be inserted the following—

“(2A)
In deciding whether to issue licences under paragraphs (1) or (2) above an inspector shall comply with any instructions which may have been issued by the Minister as to the issue of such licences.”.

(3)

In article 29D(2), after paragraph (3) of the paragraphs to be substituted in article 18 in its application to restricted infected areas, there shall be inserted the following—

“(3A)
In deciding whether to issue licences under paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) above an inspector shall comply with any instructions which may have been issued by the Minister as to the issue of such licences.”.

(4)

After article 31(2) there shall be inserted the following—

“(2A)
In deciding whether to issue licences under paragraph (1) above an inspector shall comply with any instructions which may have been issued by the Minister as to the issue of such licences.”.

Transitional provisions3.

Declaratory Orders made under Parts III, IIIA or IV of the 1983 Order before this Order comes into force shall have effect so that the provisions of Parts III, IIIA or IV of the 1983 Order after amendment by this Order apply in the areas declared to be infected areas, restricted infected areas or controlled areas by those Declaratory Orders.

Signed on 14th September 2001 on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 3

Rhodri Morgan

First Secretary

Signed on 14th September 2001

Larry Whitty

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Environment,

Food and Rural Affairs

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends, as regards Wales, the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1950, as last amended as regards Wales by S.I. 2001/2981 (W. 248)) to require inspectors issuing licences for the movement of animals in infected, restricted infected and controlled areas to comply with any instructions which may have been issued by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to the issue of such licences.

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for this Order.