WELSH STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
2001 No. 1033 (W.47)
ANIMALS, WALESANIMAL HEALTH
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001
Made at 16th March 2001
Coming into force at 16th March 2001
The National Assembly for Wales and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 7, 8, 15(4), 17(1), of the Animal Health Act 1981and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:
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Title, extent and commencementTitle, extent and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001; it extends to Wales and shall come into force at 11 p.m. on 16th March 2001.
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Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983
2.—(1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983in so far it applies to Wales, is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.
(2) After paragraph (4) of article 3, the following paragraph is inserted—
“5 Any approval, licence or notice under this Order shall be in writing, may be general or specific, may be subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by notice in writing at any time, and in particular may be suspended or revoked if the issuing authority is reasonably of the opinion that the provisions of this Order are not being complied with.”.
(3) Articles 31 to 37 are replaced by Schedule 1 to this Order.
(4) After Schedule 4, Schedule 2 of this Order is added.
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Transitional provisionsTransitional provisions
3. Any restrictions on access to land, common land, unenclosed or waste land, footpath or right of way imposed under Part IV of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 before it was amended by this Order shall continue to have effect until revoked by—
(a) a declaration by the Minister, published in such manner as he sees fit; or
(b) a declaration by the local authority, published in such manner as it shall see fit.
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
Helene Hayman
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(3)
SCHEDULE 1
“PART IV
PROVISIONS TO APPLY IN CONTROLLED AREAS
Subject to the provisions of this article, no person shall—
move any animal from the premises on which it is, except under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister; or
move any animal into or out of the controlled area except under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister.
An inspector may, by licence issued in the form set out in Schedule 5 to this Order, permit, for the purposes of slaughter, the movement of—
sheep, cattle or pigs direct to a slaughterhouse approved by the Minister to slaughter animals moved by licence issued under this article; and
sheep or cattle to a collecting centre, licensed by the local authority under article 35, for onward movement direct to a slaughterhouse approved under paragraph (a) above.
For the purposes of this article, licences or approvals issued in Scotland or Wales operate as if granted in England.
Where an animal is moved to a slaughterhouse under this article, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall ensure that the animal is slaughtered at those premises in accordance with any condition relating to slaughter specified in the licence and in any event within 24 hours of arrival there.
The person in charge of the vehicle in which animals are moved under this article shall ensure that it is thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to this Order as soon as possible after the animals have been unloaded and, in any case, before the vehicle is moved from the delivery premises.
The occupier of premises to which animals are moved under this article shall—
ensure that he or his representative is given the licence under which they have been moved before allowing the animals to be unloaded from the vehicle on which they have been transported;
forward that licence without delay to the local authority responsible for the area in which those premises are situated and, in the case of a slaughterhouse, provide a...
