Title, extent, commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) (England) (Amendment) Order 2002 and extends to England only.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 15th May 2002.

Interpretation

2. —In this Order—

(a) “the principal Order” means the Animal Gatherings (Interim Measures) (England) Order 2002( 2 ); and

(b) “equipment” shall include pens and hurdles.

Amendment of article 2

3. —(1) Article 2 of the principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(2) The words “, unless the context otherwise requires” shall be deleted.

(3) In paragraph (e) the words “in the case of store cattle,” shall be deleted.

Amendment of Paragraph 2 of the Schedule

4. Paragraph 2 of the Schedule shall be replaced by the following paragraph—

“ 2. Once the last animal at an animal gathering has left the premises, no person shall—

(a) subject to paragraph 3 below, allow animals onto those premises until the cleansing of visible contamination on all equipment to which the animals at the gathering had access has been completed; or

(b) remove from those premises any equipment to which animals at the gathering had access unless—

(i) the cleansing of visible contamination referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above has been completed on the equipment to be removed and a period of 28 days has elapsed since its completion; or

(ii) the equipment to be removed has been swept or scraped clean, cleansed by washing and an approved disinfectant applied in accordance with manufacturers instructions. ”

Amendment of paragraph 6 of the Schedule

5. —In paragraph 6 of the Schedule for the words “(for a reason other than the presence of animals there)” there shall be substituted the following—

• “ , following the last occasion on which the premises were cleansed and disinfected in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 above, ” .