Title, application and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Disease Control (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2002; it applies to England and shall come into force on 30th September 2002.

Amendment of the Disease Control (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002

2. —(1)The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002( 2 ) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) In article 2, the definition of “hunting” shall be deleted.

(3) In article 3(3)(f)—

(a) for the words “a goat of either sex” there shall be substituted the words “a ram or a goat of either sex”; and

(b) after the words “after the date of its return unless” there shall be inserted the words “, in the case of a goat,”.

(4) In article 3(10), for the words “a veterinary inspector” there shall be substituted the words “an inspector”.

(5) For article 3(11), there shall be substituted the following—

“ (11) A notice issued under paragraph (10) may be varied or revoked at any time by a further notice in writing issued by—

(a) a veterinary inspector, if the notice to be varied or revoked was issued by a veterinary inspector; or

(b) a veterinary or any other inspector, if the notice to be varied or revoked was issued by an inspector other than a veterinary inspector.

(11A) A notice issued under paragraph (11) shall be served on the persons on whom the notice which it varies or revokes was served, ” .

(6) Article 5 shall be deleted.

(7) In article 6(3)—

(a) for the words “3(3)(h)” there shall be substituted “3(10)”; and

(b) the words “or 5(2)(b)” shall be deleted.