Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 2238
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
ANIMAL HEALTH
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (England) (No. 8) Order 2001
Made
19th June 2001
Coming into force
20th June 2001
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 1, 8(1), 17(1) and 23 of the Animal Health Act 1981( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, makes the following Order:
Title, extent and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (England) (No. 8) Order 2001; it extends to England and shall come into force on 20th June 2001.
Amendments to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983
2. —(1)The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 (“the 1983 Order”)( 2 ) in so far as it applies to England, is amended in accordance with this Article.
(2) For Article 24, substitute—
“ Animals on common land
24. The owner or person in charge of any animal on common or unenclosed land shall not move the animal from that land except—
(a) under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister; or
(b) where instructed to do so by a notice from a veterinary inspector. ” .
(3) For article 27, substitute—
“ Shearing or dipping of sheep in an infected area
27. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall—
(a) shear or dip sheep or cause sheep to be sheared or dipped;
or
(b) handle fleeces or sheep during shearing or dipping,
except in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Minister.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the occupier of any premises or his employee (other than a person employed by him primarily for the purpose of shearing or dipping sheep) in respect of the shearing or dipping of sheep kept on those premises.
(3) For the purposes of this article—
(a) “shearing” includes clipping and dagging; and
(b) “dipping” includes showering and jetting sheep with sheep dip. ” .
(4) For Article 34A, substitute—
“ Animals on common land
34A. The owner or person in charge of any animal on common or unenclosed land shall not move the animal from that land except—
(a) under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister; or
(b) where instructed to do so by a notice from a veterinary inspector. ” .
(5) For Article 37C, substitute—
“ Shearing or dipping of sheep in a controlled area
37C. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall—
(a) shear or dip sheep or cause sheep to be sheared or dipped;
or
(b) handle fleeces or sheep during shearing or dipping,
except in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Minister.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the occupier of any premises or his employee (other than a person employed by him primarily for the purpose of shearing or dipping sheep) in respect of the shearing or dipping of sheep kept on those premises.
(3) For the purposes of this article—
(a) “shearing” includes clipping and dagging; and
(b) “dipping” includes showering and jetting sheep with sheep dip. ” .
Transitional provisions
3. Declaratory Orders made under Part III of the 1983 Order before this Order comes into force shall have effect so that the provisions of Part III of the 1983 Order, as amended by this Order, apply in the areas declared to be infected areas by those Declaratory Orders.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19th June 2001
1981 c. 22 . See section 86(1) for the definitions of “the Ministers” and “the Minister”. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales in relation to England, were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/3141 ).
S.I. 1983/1950 , as amended by S.I. 1993/3119 , S.I. 1995/2922 and, as regards England, S.I. 2001/571 , S.I. 2001/680 , S.I. 2001/974 , S.I. 2001/1078 , S.I. 2001/1407 , S.I. 2001/1514 and S.I. 2001/1862 .