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The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021

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JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2021/91
S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2021 No. 91
BEE DISEASES
The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Amendment
Order 2021
Made - - - - 19th February 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 23rd February 2021
Coming into force - - 21st April 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1
of the Bees Act 1980(a) and all other powers enabling them to do so:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Amendment Order
2021 and comes into force on 21 April 2021.
Amendment of the Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Order 2007
2. After article 2 of the Bee Diseases and Pests Control (Scotland) Order 2007(b) insert—
“Reporting of Varroa mite (Varroosis)
2A.—(1) Any owner or person in charge of a hive who knows or suspects that any
species of the Varroa mite is present in the hive must report, as soon as practicable, that fact
to the Scottish Ministers.
(2) A person reporting under paragraph (1) may submit to the Scottish Ministers samples
of—
(a) any bee pest to establish if it is any species of the Varroa mite; or
(b) any other thing, including soil, to establish if it is infected with any species of the
Varroa mite.
(a) 1980 c.12. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the
Secretary of Stat e for Wales were, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, transferred to Scottish Ministers by
virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).
(b) S.S.I. 2007/506.

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