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      SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


      2001 No. 415

      ANIMALS

      ANIMAL HEALTH

      The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2001

        Made 7th November 2001 
        Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th November 2001 
        Coming into force at 2.00 p.m. on 7th November 2001 

      The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

      Citation, commencement and cessation
           1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force at 2.00 p.m. on 7th November 2001.

          (2) These Regulations shall remain in force until midnight on 31st December 2001.

      Amendment to the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2001
          
      2.  - (1) The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2001[2] are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

          (2) In regulation 2 for the definition of "the Decision", there is substituted-

          " "the Decision" means Commission Decision 2001/740/EC of 19th October 2001 (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Commission Decision 2001/356/EC)[3] as amended by Commission Decision 2001/763/EC[4];".

          (3) In regulation 4(2)-

        (a) in sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (c)(i)[5]-

          (i) for "on the day of processing destined for dispatch", there is substituted "at the time of processing meat destined for dispatch under these Regulations"; and

          (ii) for "the Schedule to these Regulations ("the Schedule")", there is substituted "Schedule 2 to these Regulations ("Schedule 2")";

        (b) for sub-paragraph (b)(ii), there is substituted-

            " (ii) all the meat must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC (on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin) as amended[6] or, in the case of meat from farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, the health mark provided for in Chapter III of Annex I to Council Directive 91/495/EEC (concerning public health and animal health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat) as amended[7] or in the case of wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, in accordance with the provisions of Annex I of Chapter VII of Council Directive 92/45/EC as amended[8];";

        (c) in sub-paragraph (d)[9] each time "the Schedule" appears, it is substituted by "Schedule 2";

        (d) in sub-paragraph (d) for "porcine animals reared within one or more of the areas listed in the Schedule", there is substituted "bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine animals or farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease";

        (e) in sub-paragraph (d)(i) for "within an area in the same group of areas as those", there is substituted "in the same area";

        (f) in sub-paragraph (d)(iii) after "30 days prior to the date of loading,", there is inserted "or in the case of farmed game prior to on-farm slaughtering,";

        (g) in sub-paragraph (d)(iv) after the word "animals", there is inserted ", or in the case of farmed game slaughtered on the farm, the carcases,";

        (h) at the end of sub-paragraph (d)(xii), there is inserted "or in the case of farmed game the health mark provided for in Chapter III of Annex I of Council Directive 91/495/EEC";

        (i) in sub-paragraph (d)(xiv)(C) for "veterinary inspector", there is substituted "official veterinary surgeon";

        (j) after sub-paragraph (d)(xvi), there is inserted-

            " (xvii) the meat must be obtained from animals reared within the areas specified for the respective category of meat in the appropriate column in Schedule 2;

          (e) fresh meat obtained from wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease and conforming to the following conditions:-

            (i) the meat must be obtained from wild game killed within the areas specified for the respective category of meat in the appropriate column in Schedule 2;

            (ii) there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the same area listed in Schedule 2 during the period of 90 days prior to the date of dispatch;

            (iii) the meat originates from animals killed at least 20 kilometres from any area not included in Schedule 2;

            (iv) the carcases were transported in a means of transport which had been cleansed and disinfected before loading directly to a wild game collection centre or to an approved processing house for chilling;

            (v) the wild game collection centre or the approved processing house must be located in an area listed in Schedule 2;

            (vi) during post-mortem inspection by the official veterinary surgeon the carcases were found free of lesions of foot-and-mouth disease;

            (vii) the meat derived from the animals remained in the establishment for at least 24 hours after the post-mortem inspection;

            (viii) at all stages of production the meat must have been handled in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 92/45/EEC;

            (ix) the meat must bear the health mark in accordance with Chapter VII of Annex I to Council Directive 92/45/EEC;

            (x) the establishment must be operated under strict veterinary control;

            (xi) in the case where foot-and-mouth disease has been diagnosed in the slaughterhouse, any further preparation of meat for dispatch shall only be authorized-

              (A) after the slaughter of all animals present;

              (B) after removal of all meat and dead animals; and

              (C) at least 24 hours after the completion of the effective cleansing and disinfection of the establishment under the control of an official veterinary surgeon;

            (xii) the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and transported and stored separately from meat which is not eligible for dispatch.".

          (4) In regulation 5(3)(b) after "establishments", there is inserted "which at the time of processing of meat eligible for dispatch complies with".

          (5) In regulation 8(2), for sub-paragraph (c)(vii), there is substituted-

            " (vii) prior to dispatch the frozen semen was stored for a period of at least 30 days immediately following collection and during the first 30 days of that storage period no animal in the semen collection centre where the donor boar or bull was kept showed any sign of foot-and-mouth disease;".

          (6) For the Schedule inserted by the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2001[10] there is substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

      Consequential Amendment
           3. Regulation 2(3)(b) of the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2001 is revoked.


      DAVID R DICKSON
      A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

      Pentland House, Edinburgh
      7th November 2001



      SCHEDULE
      Regulation 2(6)


      SCHEDULE AS INSERTED BY THESE REGULATIONS




        " SCHEDULE 2
        Regulation 4(2)


        PERMITTED AREAS


        Areas in Scotland

        Administrative Unit      B S/G P FG WG
             Council Areas in Scotland                         
        Orkney Islands consisting of      + - + - -
             Orkney Islands                         
        Western Islands consisting of      + - + - -
             Eilean Siar                         
        Shetland Islands consisting of      + - + - -
             Shetland Islands                         
        Wick consisting of      + - + - -
             Part of Highland*                         
        Elgin consisting of      + - + - -
             Moray

        Part of Highland*

                                
        Inverness consisting of      + - + - -
             Part of Highland*                         
        Aberdeenshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Aberdeen City

        Aberdeenshire

                                
        Forfar consisting of      + - + - -
             Angus

        Dundee City

                                
        Perth consisting of      + - + - -
             Clackmannanshire

        Perth & Kinross

                                
        Cupar consisting of      + - + - -
             Fife                         
        Edinburgh consisting of      + - + - -
             Falkirk

        Midlothian

        West Lothian

        City of Edinburgh

        East Lothian

                                
        Galashiels consisting of      - - + - -
             Scottish Borders                         
        Stirling consisting of      + - + - -
             Stirling                         
        Oban consisting of      + - + - -
             Argyll and Bute                         
        Hamilton consisting of      + - + - -
             East Dunbartonshire

        East Renfrewshire

        City of Glasgow

        Inverclyde

        North Lanarkshire

        Renfrewshire

        South Lanarkshire

        West Dunbartonshire

                                
        Ayr consisting of      + - + - -
             East Ayrshire

        North Ayrshire

        South Ayrshire

                                
        Stranraer consisting of      - - + - -
             Part of Dumfries & Galloway#                         
        Dumfries consisting of      - - + - -
             Part of Dumfries & Galloway#                         

        Areas in England

        Administrative Unit      B S/G P FG WG
        Bedfordshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Bedford

        Luton District

                                
        Berkshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Bracknell Forest

        Reading

        West Berkshire

        Windsor & Maidenhead

        Wokingham

        Slough

                                
        Buckinghamshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Buckinghamshire County

        Milton Keynes

                                
        Cambridgeshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Cambridgeshire County

        City of Peterborough

                                
        Cheshire consisting of        - - + - -
             Halton

        Cheshire County

                                
        Cornwall County consisting of      - - + - -
        Cornwall County                              
        Derbyshire consisting of      - - + - -
        City of Derby

        Derbyshire County

                                     
        Dorset consisting of      + - + - -
             Dorset County

        Bournemouth

        Poole

                                
        Essex consisting of      - - + - -
             Southend-on-Sea

        Essex County

        Thurrock

                                
        Gloucestershire consisting of      - - + - -
             South Gloucestershire

        Gloucestershire County

                                
        Hampshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Hampshire County

        City of Portsmouth

        City of Southampton

                                
        Isle of Wight consisting of      + - + - -
             Isle of Wight                         
        Hereford & Worcester consisting of      - - + - -
             Worcestershire                         
        Hertfordshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Hertfordshire                         
        Kent consisting of      - - + - -
             Medway

        Kent County

                                
        Lancashire consisting of      - - + - -
             Blackpool                         
        Leicestershire consisting of      - - + - -
             City of Leicester

        Rutland

        Leicester County

                                
        Lincolnshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Lincolnshire                         
        Merseyside consisting of      + - + - -
             Knowsley District

        Liverpool District

        Sefton District

        St Helens District

                                
        East London consisting of      - - + - -
             East London                         
        South East London consisting of      - - + - -
             South East London                         
        Norfolk consisting of      + - + - -
             Norfolk                         
        Northamptonshire consisting of      - - + - -
             Northamptonshire                         
        Nottinghamshire consisting of      + - + - -
             City of Nottingham

        Nottinghamshire County

                                
        Oxfordshire consisting of      - - + - -
             Oxfordshire                         
        Avon consisting of      - - + - -
             Bath & North East Somerset

        City of Bristol

        South Gloucestershire

        North Somerset

                                
        Somerset consisting of      - - + - -
             Somerset                         
        Staffordshire consisting of      - - + - -
             City of Stoke-on-Trent

        Staffordshire County

                                
        Suffolk consisting of      + - + - -
             Suffolk                         
        Isles of Scilly consisting of      + - + - -
             Isles of Scilly                         
        Surrey consisting of      + - + - -
             Surrey                         
        East Sussex consisting of      + - + - -
             Brighton & Hove

        East Sussex County

                                
        West Sussex consisting of      + - + - -
             West Sussex                         
        Warwickshire consisting of      - - + - -
             Warwickshire                         
        Greater Manchester consisting of      + - + - -
             Tameside District

        Oldham District

        Rochdale District

        Bury District

        Bolton District

        Salford District

        Trafford District

        Manchester District

        Stockport District

                                
             Wigan District

        - - + - -
        Wiltshire consisting of      - - + - -
             Swindon

        Wiltshire County

                                
        West Midlands consisting of      + - + - -
             Birmingham District

        Dudley District

        Sandwell District

        Solihull District

        Walshall District

        Wolverhampton District

        Coventry District

                                
        South Yorkshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Barnsley District

        Doncaster District

        Rotherham District

        Sheffield District

                                
        West Yorkshire consisting of      + - + - -
             Wakefield District

        Kirklees District

        Calderdale District

                                
        Beverley-North Yorkshire consisting of York

        Selby District

        + - + - -
        Humberside consisting of      + - + - -
             East Riding of Yorkshire

        City of Kingston upon Hull

        North East Lincolnshire

        North Lincolnshire

                                

        Areas in Wales

        Administrative Unit      B S/G P FG WG
        Gwynedd consisting of      + - + - -
             Conwy

        Gwynedd

                                
             Isle of Anglesey - - + - -
        Dyfed consisting of        + - + - -
             Sir Gaerfyrddin-Carmarthen

        Sir Ceredigion-Ceredigion

        Sir Benfro-Pembrokeshire

                                
        Clwyd consisting of      + - + - -
             Sir Ddinbych-Denbigshir

        Sir Y Fflint-Flintshire

        Wrecsam-Wrexham

                                
        South Glamorgan consisting of      - - + - -
             Bro Morganng-The Vale of Glamorgan                         
        Mid Glamorgan consisting of      - - + - -
             Pen-y-Bont Ar Ogwr-Bridgend                         
        West Glamorgan consisting of           -      - -
             Abertawe-Swansea

        +      +          
             Castell-Nedd Port Talbot-Neath Port Talbot

        -      +          

        In this Schedule-

        B = bovine meat;

        S/G = sheep and goat meat;

        P = pig meat;

        FG = farmed game of species susceptible to food-and-mouth disease;

        WG = wild game of species susceptible to food-and-mouth disease;

        + means that the area is one where the animals in the column may be produced and the meat in question may be produced and dispatched;

        * the three areas listed which consist of Parts of the Highland Council area together comprise the whole of the Highland Council area;

        # the two areas listed which consist of Parts of the Dumfries and Galloway Council area together comprise the whole of the Dumfries and Galloway Council area."

      EXPLANATORY NOTE

      (This note is not part of the Regulations)

      These Regulations implement in Scotland the Commission Decision 2001/763/EC amending Commission Decision 2001/740/EC (concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom) for the first time. They amend the restrictions on imports and exports of certain animals and animal products contained in the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 ("the principal Regulations") to permit the dispatch from Scotland of pig meat from those areas of Scotland from which such exports were prohibited, and to permit the dispatch of beef from certain areas of Scotland.

      The areas referred to in regulation 4 of the principal Regulations are the Council areas listed in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as inserted hereby. The Administrative Unit is used by the European Commission to designate areas of the United Kingdom for the purpose of allowing exports.

      A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.

      [1] 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.back

      [2] S.S.I. 2001/186, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/243, 271, 367 and 394.back

      [3] O.J. No. L 227, 20.10.01, p.30. Commission Decision 2001/356/EC (O.J. No. L 125, 5.5.01, p.46), was amended by Commission Decision 2001/372/EC (O.J. No. L 130, 12.5.01, p.47), Commission Decision 2001/415/EC (O.J. No. L 149, 2.6.01, p.38), Commission Decision 2001/430/EC (O.J. No. L 153, 8.6.01, p.33), Commission Decision 2001/437/EC (O.J. No. L 154, 9.6.01, p.66), Commission Decision 2001/518/EC (O.J. No. L 186, 7.7.01, p.58), Commission Decision 2001/547/EC (O.J. No. L 195, 19.7.01, p.61), and Commission Decision 2001/708/EC (O.J. No. L 261, 29.9.01, p.67).back

      [4] O.J. No. L 287, 31.10.01, p. 36.back

      [5] Sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (c)(i) were substituted by S.S.I. 2001/394back

      [6] O.J. No. 121, 27.9.64, p.2012/64; Directive updated by Directive 91/497/EEC (O.J. No. L 268, 24.9.91, p.69) as amended by Council Directive 92/5/EEC (O.J. No. L 57, 2.3.92, p.1) and Directive 95/23/EC (O.J. No. L 243, 11.10.95, p.7).back

      [7] O.J. No. L 268, 24.9.91, p.41 as amended by Council Directive 92/65/EEC (O.J. No. L 268, 14.9.92, p.54), Council Directive 92/116 EEC (O.J. No. L 62, 15.3.93, p.1) and Council Directive 1994/65/EC (O.J. No. L 368, 31.12.94, p.10).back

      [8] O.J. No. L 268, 14.9.92, p.33, as amended by Council Directive 92/116/EC (O.J. No. L 62, 15.3.93, p.1) and Council Directive 97/79/EC (O.J. No. L 24, 30.1.98, p.31).back

      [9] Sub-paragraph (d) was inserted by S.S.I 2001/394.back

      [10] S.S.I. 2001/394.back


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