Statutory Instruments
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
ANIMAL HEALTH
Made
9th July 2003
Coming into force
1st August 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 1, 7, 37, 87(2) and (5) and 88(2) and (4) of the Animal Health Act 1981(1), makes the following Order:
1981 c. 22. Functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) were transferred, so far as exercisable by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141) and were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).