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2007 No. 2809
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
ANIMAL HEALTH
The Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) Order 2007

	Made	at 1.00 p.m. on 25th September 2007
	Coming into force	at 3.00 p.m. on 25th September 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981[1] and now vested in him[2].

Citation and commencement
1. This Order—

Amendment
2. —(1) The Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) Order 2002[3] is amended as follows.

(2) For article 5, substitute—

Declaration of a temporary control area

—(1) If the Secretary of State suspects that—

he may declare in writing an area to be a temporary control area.

    (2) A temporary control area shall be of such size as the Secretary of State thinks necessary in order to prevent the spread of disease.

    (3) Any premises which are partly inside and partly outside a temporary control area shall be deemed to be wholly within that area.

    (4) In a declaration under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall—

(5) The Secretary of State may specify in a declaration under paragraph (1)—

(6) The Secretary of State may prohibit in a declaration under paragraph (1) the movement of any animal or thing capable of spreading disease—

(7) But a person may move any such animal or thing under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector or an inspector acting under the direction of a veterinary inspector.

(8) A person to whom a requirement or prohibition in a declaration under paragraph (1) applies shall—

(9) The Secretary of State may revoke or amend in writing a declaration under paragraph (1) at any time.

(10) Such an amendment or revocation shall—

(3) Omit article 6.

(4) In article 10, after paragraph (1) insert—

" (1A) A licence under this Order may be general or specific.".

Jeff Rooker
Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

1.00 p.m. 25th September 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/3229 ("the 2002 Order").

Article 5 of the 2002 Order is replaced by a new article enabling the Secretary of State to declare a temporary control area in the event that the Secretary of State suspects that disease exists in any premises or that animals may be or have been exposed to disease. (By virtue of article 2(b) of the 2002 Order, "disease" means any disease of animals.)

Article 6 of the 2002 order is omitted.

Article 10 is amended so that a licence under the 2002 Order may be general or specific.

No impact assessment has been prepared for this Order.

Notes:

[1] 1981 c. 22.back

[2] Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on "the Minister" and "the Ministers" 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).back

[3] S.I. 2002/3229.back

ISBN 978 0 11 078803 6

Prepared 1 October 2007

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