Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001

2.—(1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001(1) is amended in accordance with this article.

(2) After article 4(15)(2) there is inserted–

“(16) The owner or person in charge of an animal shall take all such steps as may be necessary to prevent it from straying from the premises on which it is kept.

(17) If an inspector finds a stray or feral animal, that inspector may detain it, and if the owner cannot be ascertained after reasonable enquiries, the animal may be destroyed by the inspector.”.

(3) For article 4(9B)(3), there is substituted–

“(9B) In paragraph (9A) above, “the permitted areas” are all areas of Scotland, except–

(a) the Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders council areas; and

(b) those parts of Scotland outwith those council areas where an order made by the Scottish Ministers under article 17(1) of the 1983 Order is in force.”.

(4) In Schedule 1–

(a) in Part 1 after “Specified Route” shall be added–

• “including address of collection centre where appropriate”; and

  (b)

  in paragraph 4(b) of the “Conditions of Licence”, after “scheduled stop” shall be added “(other than at a collection centre, provided that the location of such a centre is specified in the licence, and any stop at such a centre shall be for a period no longer than the period as shall be specified in the licence)”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2001/111, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/131, 146, 150 and 159.

(2)

Article 4(15) was inserted by S.S.I. 2001/159.

(3)

Article 4(9B) was inserted by S.S.I. 2001/131 and amended by S.S.I. 2001/150