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Statutory Instruments
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
ANIMAL HEALTH
Made
5.00 p.m. on 13th December 2007
Laid before Parliament
14th December 2007
Coming into force
6.30 p.m. on 13th December 2007
The Secretary of State is designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community.
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
1. These Regulations—
(a) may be cited as the Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2007;
(b) apply in England;
(c) come into force at 6.30 p.m. on 13th December 2007; and
(d) cease to have effect on 31st December 2007.
2. In these Regulations—
“the Decision” means Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom(3);
“export” includes consigning for export;
“inspector” means a person appointed as an inspector or a veterinary inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981(4) or the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) Regulations 2006(5), or a person authorised by the Secretary of State, local authority or Food Standards Agency to be an authorised officer or official veterinary surgeon for the purposes of the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations 2006(6) or the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996(7);
“local authority” means—
where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(8), a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;
where there is not a unitary authority—
where there is a port health authority, that authority;
in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;
in a non-metropolitan county, the county or district council;
in each London borough (except in relation to imported animals) the council of that borough; or
in the City of London, and for all London boroughs in relation to imported animals, the Common Council; and
“premises” includes any land, building or other place.
S. I. 1972/1811. Back [1]
OJ No. L210, 10.8.2007, p. 36 as last amended by the Commission Decision of 13th December 2007 amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (not yet published in the Official Journal). Back [3]
1981 c. 22 Back [4]
S.I. 2006/1471. Back [5]
S. I. 2006/2841. Back [6]
S. I. 1996/3124. Back [7]
S. I. 1994/867. Back [8]
The Export Restrictions (Foot-and-mouth Disease) Regulations 2007