Disease Control (England) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 1066 of 2008)

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2003/1729 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2008 No. 1066 ANIMALS, ENGLAND ANIMAL HEALTH The Disease Control (England) (Amendment) Order 2008 Made - - - - 9th April 2008 Coming into force - - 12th May 2008 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 7, and 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) Order 2008 and comes into force on 12th May 2008. Amendment of the Disease Control (England) Order 2003 2.—(1) The Disease Control (England) Order 2003(b) is amended as follows. (2) In article 2, omit the definition of “veterinary surgeon”. (3) For paragraph (3) of article 14, substitute— “(3) Every animal which is moved under a specific licence shall be kept separate throughout such movement from any animal which is not being moved under that licence.”. (4) In article 20(1), for “the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) Order 2003” substitute “the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) Order 2003”(c). Jeff Rooker Minister of State 9th April 2008 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, to which there are amendments not relevant to this instrument. (c) S.I. 2003/1724, amended by S.I. 2006/3260 and 2007/1020. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Disease Control (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1729). It removes an unnecessary definition and clarifies the type of licence referred to in article 14(3) of that Order. It also replaces an incorrect reference, in article 20(1), to the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/255) with a reference to the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1724). An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. £3.00 Crown copyright 2008 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. E2356 4/2008 182356T 19585