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. 5) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 28th April 2001 at 1.00 p.m. (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 28th April 2001 The infected area shall comprise that part of the Scottish Borders within the following boundaries:-
(b) turn right and continue north-west to its junction with a minor road at map ref NT794429; turn left onto the minor road and then immediately right to its junction with another minor road at map ref NT791431; turn left onto the minor road and continue south-west to its junction with a minor road at map ref NT781425; turn right onto the minor road and continue north-west until it meets the B6461; turn left onto the B6461 and continue to its junction with the A697; turn right onto the A697 and continue north west until it crosses Blackadder Water at map ref NT708459; turn right onto Blackadder Water and continue north-west until it joins Fangrist Burn; (c) turn right onto Fangrist Burn and continue north until it joins a tributary of Millknoe Burn at map ref NT699503; turn left onto Millknoe Burn, then immediately right onto Bogpark Burn and continue north west until it joins the B6456; turn left onto the B6456 and continue west to its junction with a minor road at map ref NT647503; turn right onto the minor road and continue north until it joins a track at map ref NT643524; continue north on the track to its junction with another track at map ref NT647562; turn right onto the track and continue north east until it joins a minor road at map ref NT662567; continue south east then north east on the minor road to its junction with another minor road at map ref NT693572; (d) turn left onto the minor road and then immediately right onto another minor road; continue north-west on the minor road to its junction with a minor road at map ref NT682589; turn right onto the minor road and continue to its junction with a minor road at map ref NT689596; turn left onto the minor road and continue until it meets Hall Burn tributary at map ref NT688597; turn right onto Hall Burn tributary and continue north east until it joins Whiteadder Water; turn left onto Whiteadder Water and follow its course north to where it is crossed by the B6355; turn left onto the B6355 and continue north west to its junction with a minor road at map ref NT688628; (e) turn right onto the minor road and continue to its junction with another minor road at map ref NT693632; turn left onto the minor road and continue east and then north to its junction with Monynut Water at map ref NT694676; turn right onto Monynut Water and continue south-east to where it meets a tributary at map ref NT728643; turn left onto the tributary and continue until it meets a minor road at map ref NT728644; turn left onto the minor road and continue north-east until it meets Whare Burn at map ref NT733655; turn right onto Whare Burn and continue south-east to where it is crossed by a minor road at map ref. NT755638; (f) turn left onto the minor road and continue east to where it meets another minor road at map ref NT767644; turn left onto the minor road and continue north to its junction with another minor road at map ref NT764653; turn right onto the minor road and continue north-east to where it joins another minor road at map ref NT775666; continue east on the minor road to its junction with the A1(T); turn right onto the A1(T) and continue south east to its junction with a minor road at map ref NT815656; turn left onto the minor road and continue north-east to where it crosses Howpark Burn at map ref NT826662; turn right onto Howpark Burn and continue east to where it is crossed by a track at map ref NT843663; turn left then immediately right onto the track and continue to where it meets Mid Grange Burn at map ref. NT848668; (g) turn right onto Mid Grange Burn and continue north east then south-east to where it is crossed by a minor road at map ref NT871655; turn right onto the minor road and continue south-east to its junction with the B6438; turn right onto the B6438 and continue south west across the A1(T) to where it crosses the Dunbar to Berwick-upon-Tweed railway line; turn left onto the railway line and continue south east to where it crosses the B6355; turn right onto the B6355 then immediately left on to a minor road at map ref NT922596; continue east on the minor road past Lamberton, to its junction with another minor road at map ref NT968580; turn right onto the minor road and continue south east to its junction with another minor road at map ref NT972575; turn left onto the minor road and continue to its junction with the A1(T). Turn right onto the A1(T) and continue south east to where it meets the England/Scotland border at map ref NT974570; turn right onto the Scottish Border and continue south east along the border until it meets the A698 at map ref NT807394.
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 the form set out in Schedule 3 to this Order, 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 paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 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. 1. AUTHORISATION I, the undersigned, by this licence granted under the above Order hereby authorise the movement of the animals described in column 2 below to the place of destination specified in column 4 below, subject to the conditions set out below.
This licence is granted subject to the conditions set out below. Failure to comply with such conditions may render a person liable to prosecution and heavy penalties on conviction. Your attention is also drawn to the Note below. Part III of this licence must be completed within 5 days including the day of issue of this licence. This licence may be revoked at any time by a Notice served by an Inspector on the person to whom it was granted.
1. Before being moved, animals to which this licence relates shall be marked as follows:-
2.
A veterinary inspection must be carried out by a Local Veterinary Inspector (LVI) not more than 24 hours prior to the start of the licensed movement. The LVI will inspect all the animals to be moved (which must be marked as at Condition 1) and those in contact with them as well as other susceptible animals, other than those on remote grazings, for signs of Foot-and-Mouth Disease. The LVI must complete a written declaration at Part II of the licence.
(b) be moved only by the most direct route available to the place of destination specified in the licence; (c) be moved so as not to leave the infected area (a specified route must be inserted overleaf) and the route taken and the place of destination chosen must not be such as to require a scheduled stop; and (d) be accompanied throughout their movement by this licence which shall be handed to the operator of the premises to which they are delivered (or the representative of that operator) before the animals are unloaded.
6.
The Declaration in Part III of this licence shall be completed on the day the animals are moved but before the animals leave the premises.
This licence shall be produced on demand to an inspector or other officer of the Scottish Ministers or local authority or to a constable, who may take a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, and may also require the person in charge of the animals to which this licence relates to furnish the name and address of that person. Name and address of owner/keeper: Premises where animals are located: I have inspected the animals to be moved under this licence, those in contact with them and all other susceptible animals on the holding, with the exception of remote grazings, they show no clinical signs of Foot-and-Mouth disease and those to be moved are fit for the intended journey.
Official stamp:
(This Part must be completed by the owner or keeper of the animals on the day they are to be moved but before they leave the premises on which they are kept) declare that 1. The movement will begin no later than 24 hours from the certification at Part II of the licence. 2. 3.
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 and 86.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 S.S.I. 2000/51back
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