Disease Control (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 2623 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2007 No. 2623 ANIMALS, ENGLAND ANIMAL HEALTH The Disease Control (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007 Made - - - - 6th September 2007 Coming into force - - 12.00 noon on 8th September 2007 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981(a), makes the following Order: Title and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Disease Control (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007 and comes into force at 12.00 noon on 8th September 2007. Amendment 2. The Disease Control (England) Order 2003(b) is amended by omitting article 3A (emergency measures). Phil Woolas Minister of State 6th September 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (a) 1981 c. 22. Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) 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 (S.I. 1999/3141) and were then transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794). (b) S.I. 2003/1729; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2007/2476, which inserted article 3A. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Disease Control (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1729) to remove the emergency measures that increase the standstill period from 6 to 20 days and disapply paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 in respect of certain movements in a sole occupancy group. An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order. £3.00 Crown copyright 2007 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. E1349 9/2007 171349T 19585