The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2002 (the “principal Order”) (S.I. 2002/280 (W.32)) (as amended by S.I. 2002/1038 (W.110)).

The principal amendments made are as follows—

(a) a definition is added for animals and the definition of “collecting centre” is replaced with an amended definition so as to allow places used for the trading of animals intended for immediate slaughter to be included in that term as used in the principal Order (article 2(2));

(b) the existing exemption, in article 3(2)(a) of the principal Order, from the standstill requirement set out in article 3(1)(b) thereof (the “standstill requirement”) for movements from certain types of premises is amended so as to remove the reference to “exhibitions” (article 2(3)(a));

(c) the exemption, in article 3(2)(b) of the principal Order, from the standstill requirement for movements of an animal to a collecting centre for animals intended for immediate slaughter is amended so as to exclude movements to collecting centres which are also to be used on the same day for a show or exhibition or for trading animals otherwise than for immediate slaughter (article 2(3)(b));

(d) the exemption, in article 3(2)(b) of the principal Order, from the standstill requirement for calves less than 30 days old moving from the premises on which they were born or other premises in the same sole occupancy group (as defined in article 2 of the principal Order) is amended so as to exclude cases where the animal is being moved to a collecting centre, market, show or exhibition (article 2(3)(b));

(e) the exemption, in article 3(2)(b) of the principal Order, from the standstill requirement for lambs less than 7 days old moving from the premises on which they were born or other premises in the same sole occupancy group to other premises not more than 10 kilometres away for fostering purposes is extended to include movements of kid goats in the same circumstances (article 2(3)(b));

(f) the exemption, in article 3(2)(b) of the principal Order, from the standstill requirement for animals returning from a show is amended so as to extend to animals moving from a show or exhibition to anywhere other than another such event subject to the animal being kept at the new premises for 20 days after the movement and to its being isolated for the same period (unless it is moved during it to another show or exhibition) from all other animals there (article 2(3)(b));

(g) further exemptions are added (article 2(3)(b)) to the list of movements (set out in article 3(2)(b) of the principal Order) which can be made, notwithstanding a standstill requirement on the premises where the movement starts —

(i) for animals moving to a show or exhibition from another show or exhibition;

(ii) for animals moving to a show or exhibition otherwise than from another such event subject to certain identification requirements being met and their having been isolated for the 20 days preceding the movement from all other animals at the premises from which they have come and on any other premises linked with it in sole occupancy group (as defined in article 2 of the principal Order);

(iii) for animals moving to a show or exhibition from premises where they are being isolated from other animals following their return from another show or exhibition;

(iv) for sheep moving from sheep dog trial premises back to the premises from which they were originally moved to take part in those trials;

(v) for rams, goats, camelids and deer being moved for breeding purposes subject to certain identification and other requirements being met and, in the case of rams and goats, to their being isolated from all other animals for 20 days prior to the movement;

(vi) for animals being moved to a laboratory for diagnostic tests to ascertain whether they are affected by or have been exposed to disease; and

(vii) for sheep or goats being moved to an artificial insemination centre subject to their being isolated from other animals for the 20 days preceding the movement.

(h) the list of movements set out in article 3(3) of the principal Order which do not give rise to a standstill requirement on the premises onto which animals are moved is also amended (article 2(3)(c)) so as—

(i) to replace the existing exemption in relation to animals returning from a show with a provision allowing an animal to move to any premises direct from a show or exhibition without a standstill arising at those premises, provided the animal is isolated for 20 days from all other animals there (or, if it is moved to another exhibition or show during that period, for the part of the period when it is on those premises) and provided the animal’s attendance at the show or exhibition has previously been notified to the local authority;

(ii) to vary the exemption in relation to movements of breeding bulls onto any premises to remove the requirement for prior veterinary examination of the bull and other animals in the same management unit at the premises from which it has been bought;

(iii) to provide for movements of rams, goats, camelids and deer on to any premises for breeding purposes not to give rise to a standstill requirement provided —

(aa) that certain identification and other requirements are met; and,

(bb) in the case of rams and goats, that either in the 20 days preceding the movement, no animal was brought onto the premises from which rams or goats have been moved or onto any other premises from which the rams or goats have been moved or onto any other premises linked in the same sole occupancy group or else that the rams or goats have been isolated from other animals there during such period;

(iv) to provide for the movement of an animal to a laboratory for diagnostic tests not to give rise to a standstill requirement at the laboratory; and

(v) to provide for the return of sheep and goats from an artificial insemination centre not to give rise to a standstill requirement provided they have been at that centre for 20 days; and

(i) provision is made—

(i) for the requirements to have a movement licence issued under article 3(1)(a) of the principal Order and to observe the standstill requirement under article 3(1)(b) thereof not to apply where a licence to move an animal to or from any premises has been issued or granted under the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 on or after 15th May 2002 (S.I. 1983/1950, as amended);

(ii) for the requirements to have a licence to shear or dip sheep or to handle fleeces or sheep during dipping or shearing and to have a licence to carry out ultrasound testing of sheep not to apply where an equivalent licence issued, on or after 15th May 2002, under the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 is held (articles 2(4) and (5)); and

(iii) for hunting with dogs not to be unlawful under the principal Order if a permit to hunt is granted under article 36(2)(d) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 on or after 15th May 2002 (article 2(6)).

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for this Order.