The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 425 (W. 82)

Animals, Wales

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025

Made

2 April 2025

Coming into force

3 April 2025

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 8(1), 17(1), 23 and 25 of the Animal Health Act 1981(1).

Title and coming into force

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025.

(2) This Order comes into force on 3 April 2025.

Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006

2.—(1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 16(1) (declaration of a temporary control zone) for “must” substitute “may”.

Huw Irranca-Davies

Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

2 April 2025

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by the Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22). This Order applies in relation to Wales only.

Article 16(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006 (“the 2006 Order”) currently requires the Welsh Ministers to declare a temporary control zone on suspicion of disease around a suspect premises. Article 2 of this Order amends article 16(1) of the 2006 Order to provide the Welsh Ministers with a discretion as to whether to declare a temporary control zone.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.

(1)

1981 c. 22 (“the 1981 Act”). Functions of “the Ministers” under the 1981 Act (as defined in section 86(1) of the 1981 Act) are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3044), and section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

(2)

S.I. 2006/179 (W. 30).