Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement in England the Commission Decision of 28th September 2001 amending for the seventh time Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (not yet published in the Official Journal).
The Regulations amend the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 9) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2502, as amended) so as to—
(a) extend the time that those Regulations are in force to midnight on 30th November 2001 (regulation 2(2));E+W
(b) permit the dispatch of frozen bovine semen produced after 30th September 2001 in accordance with specified conditions in a semen collection centre authorised by the Secretary of State to dispatch such semen (regulation 2(4));andE+W
(c) require equidae dispatched from England to Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man to be accompanied by a health certificate (regulation 2(5)).E+W