(1)Schedule 2B to this Act has effect as to the specification of certain diseases of animals.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may by order modify Schedule 2B.
(3)An order made under subsection (2)—
(a)is to be laid before the Scottish Parliament; and
(b)ceases to have effect at the expiry of a period of 28 days beginning with the date on which it was made unless, before the expiry of that period, the order has been approved by a resolution of the Parliament.
(4)However, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) does not apply in relation to an order which—
(a)revokes (wholly or partly) a previous order; and
(b)does nothing else, or nothing else except make provision incidental or supplementary to the revocation.
(5)In reckoning for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) any period of 28 days, no account is to be taken of any period during which the Scottish Parliament is—
(a)dissolved; or
(b)in recess for more than 4 days.
(6)Subsection (3)(b) is without prejudice to anything previously done by reference to a modification made by an order under subsection (2) or to the making of a new order under that subsection.
(7)An order under subsection (2) must include a statement of the reasons for making the order.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 28I inserted (S.) (6.10.2006) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), ss. 9(1), 55(1) (with s. 54); S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2