The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) Order 2003

Made: 10th February 2003

Coming into force: 4th March 2003

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Title, commencement, extent and extension of definitions

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Interpretation

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Cleansing and disinfection in relation to the transport of hoofed animals and poultry

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Cleansing and disinfection in relation to the transport of other mammals and birds, and hoofed animals and poultry in certain circumstances

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Drivers' cabs

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Disposal of material after cleansing

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Powers of inspectors, etc.

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Enforcement

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Revocations and amendments

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SCHEDULE 1 — CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH ARTICLE 4 APPLIES TO ANIMALS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 3

Journey made within a single farming enterprise

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Transport of certain horses

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Journeys between the same two points

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Livestock shows

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Temporary unloading

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SCHEDULE 2 — CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT

Level of cleansing and disinfection

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Parts of the means of transport required to be cleansed

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Method of cleansing

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Method of disinfection

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Signed

Whitty — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 10th February 2003

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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 further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/646, as amended by S.I. 2001/1704.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2000/1618.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1978/32, as amended by S.I. 1994/3141, S.I. 1999/919, S.I. 2000/3195 and, as regards England, S.I. 2001/608.

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Editorial notes

[^key-751eaf8770c11d21395178990379fd87]: Order revoked (11.6.2003) by The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1336), arts. 1(1), 9