The Importation of Animals Order 1977

(Article 25(1))

SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENT OF EXISTING ORDERS

1.  Article 8 of the Transit of Animals Order of 1927(1), as amended(2), (disease at places of landing) shall be amended by the substitution for paragraph (2) thereof of the following paragraph:—

“(2) Nothing in this Article shall apply to premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals.”.

2.—(1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Controlled Areas Restrictions) General Order of 1938(3), as amended(4), shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) Article 3 (movement into a controlled area) shall cease to have effect, and the following Article shall be substituted therefore:—

“Movement into a Controlled Area

3.—(1) No animal shall be moved into a controlled area except direct to—

(a)a farm or slaughterhouse, or

(b)premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals,

and then only if accompanied by and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted under this order by an Inspector of the local authority or (in the case of an animal to which sub-paragraph (b) above applies) a veterinary inspector.

(2) An animal to which paragraph (1)(a) above applies shall be detained on the farm for a period of 14 days, or slaughtered in the slaughterhouse, as the case may be, in accordance with the conditions of the licence.

(3) Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to authorise the granting of a licence for the movement of any animal into a controlled area from an infected area.”.

(3) There shall be inserted at the end of Article 4 (movement within a controlled area) the following paragraphs:—

“(6) Subject to paragraph (7) below, the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not apply to the movement of imported animals—

(a)from the port or airport at which they are landed to premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals; or

(b)from such approved premises under the authority of a licence issued under Article 11(5) of that order.

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) above, imported animals shall, after they have been moved to premises under the authority of a licence referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph, be detained thereat in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) above.”.

3.  Article 3 of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Infected Areas Restrictions) Order of 1938(5), as amended(6), (movement into an infected area) shall be amended—

(a)by the insertion, after the word “slaughterhouse” (where that word first appears), of the words “or premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals,”; and

(b)by the substitution, for the words “on arrival at the farm for 14 days,”, of the words “for a period of 14 days on arrival at the farm or the premises approved under the said Article 10(1),”.

4.  Article 7 of the Swine Fever (Infected Areas Restrictions) Order 1956(7), as amended(8), (licences for movement of swine within or out of an infected area) shall be amended by the insertion—

(a)in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b)(iv), of the word “or” and the following sub-paragraph:—

“(c)movement of imported swine out of an infected area, from the port or airport at which they are landed, to premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals.”; and

(b)after paragraph (1A) of the following paragraph:—

“(1B) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5 of this order and of paragraph (1) above, a licence under that paragraph shall not be required for the movement of imported swine from a port or airport within an infected area at which they are landed to premises within the same infected area which have been approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals.”

5.  Article 3(2) of the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960(9), as amended(10), (records of movements of animals) shall be amended by the substitution for sub-paragraph (d) thereof of the following sub-paragraph:—

“(d)the movement of an imported animal from the port or airport at which it is landed to premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals, and its subsequent movement therefrom under the authority of a licence issued under Article 11(5) of that order.”.

6.  Article 3 of the Swine Vesicular Disease Order 1972(11), as amended(12), (application of existing provisions) shall be amended by the insertion at the end thereof of the following paragraph:—

“(3) The reference in paragraph (1) above to the provisions of the orders relating to foot-and-mouth disease mentioned in the Schedule to this order shall be construed as a reference to those provisions, or any of them, as amended or replaced by any subsequent order or orders.”.

7.—(1) The Movement and Sale of Pigs Order 1975(13), as amended(14), shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In Article 2(1) (restriction on movement of pigs within 21 days of a previous movement), there shall be substituted, for the words in brackets, the following words:—

“(other than a market, fairground, saleyard or licensed collecting centre, artificial insemination centre, performance testing station, exhibition, show or premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals)”.

(3) In Article 5 (regulation of movement of pigs in certain cases) there shall be inserted, at the end of paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraph:—

“(f)movement of imported pigs from the port or airport at which they are landed to premises approved under Article 10(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977 for use for the detention in quarantine of imported animals, or for the reception and resting of such animals, and their subsequent movement from those premises under the authority of a licence issued under Article 11(5) of that order.”.

(Article 25(2))

SCHEDULE 2ORDERS TO HAVE ONLY LIMITED APPLICATION TO IMPORTED ANIMALS

SCHEDULE 3REVOCATIONS

(Article 25(3))