10(1)The Animal Health Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In section 21 (destruction of wildlife on infection)—
(a)in subsection (3), after the word “Council” there shall be inserted the words “ for the area to which it will apply ”;
(b)in subsection (9), after the definition of “animals” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““Nature Conservancy Council” means the Nature Conservancy Council for England, the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland or the Countryside Council for Wales,”.
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 10(3) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(2), 107, Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2