Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 140
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
ANIMAL HEALTH
The Tuberculosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2006
Made
24th January 2006
Coming into force
19th February 2006
Title, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Tuberculosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2006 and comes into force on 19th February 2006.
(2) This Order applies in England only.
Amendment of the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2005
2.The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2005( 3 ) is amended as follows—
(a) in article 23 (transitional provisions), for “article 8” substitute “article 9”;
(b) in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (movements to exempt markets), for “exempt finishing unit” substitute “exempt or approved finishing unit”.
Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
24th January 2006
Functions conferred by the Animal Health Act 1981 on ‘the Ministers’ (as defined in section 86 of the Act) are now exercisable by the Secretary of State. Functions conferred on ‘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 ( SI 1999/3141 ) and were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 ( SI 2002/794 ).