The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“approved” means approved for the purposes of these Regulations in accordance with regulation 3;

“the Decision” means Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (1) as amended by Commission Decision 2007/588/EC(2);

“export” includes consigning for export;

“inspector” means a person appointed as an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981(3) or the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Wales) Regulations 2006(4), or a person authorised by the Welsh Ministers, local authority or Food Standards Agency to be an authorised officer or official veterinary surgeon for the purposes of the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Wales) Regulations 2007(5) or the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996(6);

“HACCP” means Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points, which is a system in which the critical points of the manufacturing process have been identified, assessments have been made of the potential risks at those points, and necessary steps have been taken to minimise those risks;

“local authority” means in relation to an area the county council or county borough council for that area;

“surveillance zone” means the surveillance zone resulting from the following declarations under articles 5(4), 34(2) and 38(5) of the Foot and Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006(7):

(a)

the declaration of a protection zone, a surveillance zone and a restricted zone made at 9.30 p.m. on 4 August 2007 (as amended by declarations made at 10 p.m. on 4 August 2007 and at 5.30 p.m. on 16 August 2007);

(b)

the declaration of a protection zone and surveillance zone made at 1.50 p.m. on 5 August 2007;

(c)

the declaration of a protection zone and surveillance zone made at 11.55 a.m. on 7 August 2007;

(d)

the declaration of a protection zone and surveillance zone made at 5.55 p.m. on 9 August 2007; and

(e)

the declaration merging the protection zone and surveillance zone made at 11.45 a.m. on 24 August 2007(8).

(2) A notice under these Regulations shall be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be amended or revoked by further notice in writing at any time.

(1)

OJ No. L210, 10.8.2007, p 36.

(2)

OJ No. L220, 25.8.2007

(3)

1981 c. 22.

(4)

S.I. 2006/1536 (W.153).

(5)

S. I. 2007/376 (W.36).

(6)

S. I. 1996/3124.

(7)

S.I. 2006/182

(8)

The zone is described at http://defraweb/animalh/diseases/fmd/pdf/declaration-pz-sz-rz230807.pdf