The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021

PART 5 Revocations, amendments, transitional provisions and review

Revocation

26.  The following Orders are revoked—

(a) the Tuberculosis (Deer and Camelid) (England) Order 2014(1);

(b) the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2014(2);

(c) the Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Order 2015(3); and

(d) the Tuberculosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2016(4).

Consequential amendments

27.—(1) The Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) Order 2002(5) (“the 2002 Order”) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) At the end of article 3 of the 2002 Order, insert—

“(3) But this Order does not apply where the Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021 applies.”.

(3) The Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2019(6) (“the 2019 Order”) is amended in accordance with paragraph (4).

(4) In article 4(1)(b) of the 2019 Order (animal slaughtered for reasons of tuberculosis where the owner is licensed to remove the animal to a slaughter house of the owner’s choice), for “article 15(1) of the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2014” substitute “article 8(1) of the Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021”.

Transitional provisions

28.—(1) Any notice or licence issued, or consent granted, under—

(a) the Tuberculosis (Deer and Camelid) (England) Order 2014; or

(b) the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2014,

and which has effect at the coming into force of this Order, remains in force as if it were a notice or licence issued, or consent granted, under this Order.

(2) Any approval granted under the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2014, which has effect at the coming into force of this Order, remains in force as if it were an approval granted under this Order.

Review

29.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in this Order; and

(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) The first report must be published before 1st October 2026.

(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

(4) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015(7) requires that a report published under this article must, in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a);

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and

(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

(5) In this article, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

(1)

S.I. 2014/2337.

(2)

S.I. 2014/2383.

(3)

S.I. 2015/1838.

(4)

S.I. 2016/347.

(5)

S.I. 2002/3229.

(6)

S.I. 2019/945.

(7)

2015 c. 26.