Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 1253
Animals, England
Animal Health
Food, England
The African Swine Fever (Import Controls) (Amendment) (England) Order 2023
Made
22nd November 2023
Laid before Parliament
23rd November 2023
Coming into force
14th December 2023
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the Animal Health Act 1981( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1. —(1) This Order—
(a) may be cited as the African Swine Fever (Import Controls) (Amendment) (England) Order 2023; and
(b) comes into force on 14th December 2023.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, but applies in relation to England only.
Amendment of the African Swine Fever (Import Controls) (England and Scotland) Order 2022
2. —(1)The African Swine Fever (Import Controls) (England and Scotland) Order 2022( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) After article 4 (exclusions from requirements for porcine products), insert—
“ Enforcement in relation to porcine products entering through the Channel Tunnel
5. —(1) For the purposes of enforcing this Order under the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 ( 3 ) , in relation to entry or exit into or out of the tunnel system, the enforcement authority is the district council of Dover as designated under article 2 of the Dover Port Health Authority Order 1978 ( 4 ) .
(2) In this article, “ tunnel system ” has the meaning described in section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 ( 5 ) . ” .
Benyon
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd November 2023
1981 c. 22 ; section 10 was amended by S.I. 1990/2371 and 1993/1813 . Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “ the Ministers ” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) are now exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to England. The functions were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by S.I. 1999/3141 and were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2002/794 .
S.I. 2011/1197 which was amended by S.I. 2012/2897 , 2013/2996 , 2014/3158 , 2018/575 , 1037 , 2019/526 , 782 , 1225 , 1488 , 2020/109 , 1462 , 1631 , 2021/429 , 443 , 453 , 809 , 1096 , 1443 , 2022/1315 and 1322 .
S.I. 1978/819 . Article 2 provides that the district council of Dover is the port health authority for the district of the Port of Dover.