The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001

Made at: 10.15 p.m. on 16th March 2001

Coming into force at: 11p.m.on 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 1981[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:

Title, extent and commencement

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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.

Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983

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• (1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983[^f00002] in 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.

Transitional provisions

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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.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

Signed at 22.15 on 16th March 2001

D. Elis-Thomas — The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales

Signed at 8.20 p.m. on 16th March 2001

Helene Hayman — Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to Wales, amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1950, as amended) by replacing Part IV to that Order with modified restrictions and requirements.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 22. See section 86(1) for the definitions of “the Ministers” and “the Minister”. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable by the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Wales, were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141). Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable by the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1983/1950, as amended by S.I. 1993/3119, S.I. 1995/2922 and, as regards Wales, S.I. 2001/572, S.I. 2001/658 (W.33) and S.I.2001/968 (W.46).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/646.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1997/2964 as amended by S.I. 2000/3234, S.I. 2000/3377 and S.I. 2000/3387/W/224.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1997/2965 as amended by S.I. 1997/3062, S.I. 1998/2045 itself amended by S.I. 1998/2431, S.I. 1999/539, S.I. 2000/656, S.I. 2000/2672, S.I. 2000/3381 and S.I. 2000/3387/W/224.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1978/32 as amended by S.I. 1978/934, S.I. 1999/919 and as further amended in relation to England only by S.I. 2000/3195 and S.I. 2001/608.