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The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 17(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: Citation, commencement and extent 1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Scotland) Declaratory (No. 7) Order 2001 and shall come into force at 12.00 noon on 25th May 2001. (2) This Order extends to Scotland only. Declaration of infected area 2. The area described in Schedule 1 to this Order is declared an infected area within the meaning of and to which the provisions of Part III of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 apply as varied in accordance with, and disapplied to the extent set out in, Schedule 2 to this Order. Enforcement The provisions of Part III of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 shall, insofar as they are to be enforced in slaughterhouses, be enforced by the Scottish Ministers. DAVID R DICKSON A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers Pentland House, Edinburgh 25th May 2001 The infected area shall comprise that part of the Scottish Borders council area within the following boundaries:-
Map references are to the Ordinance Survey Landranger 1:50,000 series. 1. Articles 18, 19, 26, 28(2) and 28(3)(b) of Part III of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 do not apply. 2. Part III of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 is varied by the addition of the requirements set out in the following sub-paragraphs:-
(b) no person shall move animals on public or private roads (other than the service roads of premises), except under the authority of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers or an inspector; (c) an inspector may, by licence issued in a form to be prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with the advice of the Chief Veterinary Officer, permit, for the purposes of slaughter, the movement within an infected area of animals direct to a slaughterhouse approved by the Scottish Ministers to slaughter animals moved by licence issued under this paragraph; (d) a veterinary inspector may, by licence, permit, for the purposes of slaughter, the movement out of an infected area of animals direct to a slaughterhouse approved by the Scottish Ministers to slaughter animals moved by licence issued under this paragraph; (e) for the purposes of this paragraph, licences or approvals issued in England or Wales operate as if granted in Scotland; (f) where an animal is moved to a slaughterhouse under this paragraph, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall ensure that the animal is slaughtered at those premises in accordance with any condition relating to slaughter specified in the licence and in any event within 24 hours of arrival there; (g) the person in charge of the vehicle in which animals are moved under this paragraph shall ensure that it is thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 3 to this Order as soon as possible after the animals have been unloaded and, in any case, before the vehicle is moved from the delivery premises; (h) the occupier of premises to which animals are moved under this paragraph shall-
(ii) forward that licence without delay to the local authority responsible for the area in which those premises are situated and, in the case of a slaughterhouse, provide a copy to the official veterinary surgeon appointed for those premises; (iii) retain a copy of that licence for a period of not less than 6 months and produce it upon request for inspection by an inspector; (iv) provide adequate facilities, equipment and materials for the cleansing and disinfection of the vehicle that delivered the animals to the premises in accordance with this paragraph;
(i) no person shall transport animals through the infected area, except if the animals are transiting through that area by motorway, trunk road or railway;
(ii) the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997[3]; or (iii) the Animal By-Products Order 1999[4];
(o) no person shall move any carcase (other than the carcase of an animal slaughtered for human consumption or a suspect BSE or scrapie carcase destined for disposal) from premises other than a slaughterhouse or a knacker's yard, except under the authority of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers;
3.
In this Schedule, terms used which are also used in the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 shall have the same meaning in this Schedule as they do in that Order. Level of cleansing and disinfection 1. All cleansing and disinfection shall be carried out so as to reduce so far as reasonably practicable the risk of transmission of disease. Parts of the means of transport required to be cleansed 2. - (1) In the case of animals not transported in a container-
(b) the following shall be cleansed if they are soiled:-
(ii) any other part of the means of transport; (iii) any equipment carried during the journey for use with the animals.
(2) In the case of animals transported in a container, the interior of the container shall be cleansed whether or not it is soiled, and the exterior of the container and any parts of the means of transport carrying the container shall be cleansed if they are soiled.
(b) where no concentration is specified for "General Orders", at the concentration required for "Foot-and-Mouth Disease Orders".
EXPLANATORY NOTE
[2] S.I. 1997/2964, as amended, as regards Scotland, by S.S.I. 2000/344 and 2001/4.back [3] S.I. 1997/2965, as amended by S.I. 1997/3062, S.I. 1998/2045 (itself amended by S.I. 1998/2431), S.I. 1999/539 and, as regards Scotland, by S.S.I. 2000/62, 345, 2001/3, 86 and 171.back [5] S.I. 1978/32 as amended by S.I. 1999/919 and as further amended in relation to Scotland only by S.S.I. 2001/45 and 51.back
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