Foot and Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1969/1444 |
| Year | 1969 |
1969 No. 1444
ANIMALS
DISEASES OF ANIMALS
The Foot and Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order 19697thOctober 1969
20thOctober 1969
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers vested in them under sections 1, 20 and 85 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950(a) (as read with the Transfer of Functions (Animal Health) Order 1955(b)), and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows:—
Citation, extent and commencement
1. This order, which may be cited as the Foot and Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order 1969, applies to England, Wales and Scotland, and shall come into operation on 20th October 1969.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this order "the principal order" means the Foot and Mouth Disease Order of 1928 (as amended)(c).
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(d) applies to the interpretation of this order and of the principal order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendments of principal order
3. Article 1 (notice of disease) of the principal order shall be amended as follows:—
(a) in paragraph (2) thereof after the words "A veterinary surgeon" there shall be inserted the words "or meat inspector";
(b) in paragraph (3) thereof subparagraph (i) (which requires a constable on receiving notice of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease to transmit the information by telegraph to the Secretary to the Ministry) shall be omitted.
4. Article 3 (Procedure of Inspector of Local Authority) of the principal order shall be amended as follows:—
(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1) thereof there shall be inserted the words "A Veterinary Inspector or";
(a) 1950 c. 36. For change of title of the Minister see S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200).
(b) S.I. 1955/958 (1955 I, p. 1184).
(c) S.R. & O. 1928/133, 1938/192 (Rev. II, p. 499; 1928 p. 94; 1938 I, p. 151); S.R. & O. 1930/785 (Rev. II p. 517: 1930 p. 49).
(d) 1889 c. 63.
(b) for paragraph (3) thereof there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
"(3) The Inspector of the Local Authority shall forthwith send a copy of the Notice (Form A) to the Veterinary Inspector mentioned in Article 1(3)(ii) of this Order, and shall at the same time send copies of the Notice to the Local Authority and to the police officer in charge of the nearest police station of the district."
5. Article 5 (suspected cases to be certified by veterinary inspector) of the principal order shall be amended as follows:—
(a) in paragraph (1) thereof the words "and send the same to the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.1." shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (2) thereof sub-paragraph (b) (which requires notification of the suspected outbreak to be given to the station master of the nearest railway station) shall be omitted.
6. Article 6 (restrictions to operate immediately on certification of suspected cases) of the principal order shall be amended by the omission in paragraph (2) thereof of sub-paragraph (b) (which contains a similar requirement to that referred to in article 5(b) above).
7. Article 10 (prohibition of movement of animals exposed to infection) of the principal order shall be amended as follows:—
(a) at the end of paragraph (1) thereof (but immediately before the proviso to that paragraph), and at the end of paragraph (2) thereof there shall be added in each case the words "or on the occupier of the premises where the animal is situated";
(b) at the end of paragraph (3) thereof there shall be added as follows:—
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(e) for any person who has tended or had contact with any animal on such place, to leave such place without first having cleaned and disinfected his hands, footwear and outer clothing (or in the case of outer clothing without having left it at such place); or
(f) for any person in charge of any vehicle or machine...
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