Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2008 and comes into force on 6th April 2008.

Amendment

2.—(1) The Brucellosis (England) Order 2000(3) is amended as follows.

(2) For article 4 (restrictions on the movement of bovine animals or steers), substitute—

“4.  An officer may, for the purposes of controlling or preventing the spread of brucellosis, serve a notice on the owner or person in charge of bovine animals or steers kept on any premises, prohibiting the movement of bovine animals or steers, or of such bovine animals or steers as are specified in the notice, onto or off the premises, except under the authority of a licence issued by an officer.”.

(3) For paragraph (1) of article 5 (movement of bovine animals or steers to specified premises), substitute—

“(1) An officer may, for the purposes of controlling or preventing the spread of brucellosis, serve a notice on the owner or person in charge of bovine animals or steers kept on any premises, requiring those animals, or such bovine animals or steers as are specified in the notice, to be moved from the premises to such other premises and within such time as may be specified in the notice.”.

(4) For article 13 (animal waste), substitute—

“13.  Where a notice has been served under article 4 on the owner or person in charge of bovine animals or steers kept on any premises, no manure, slurry or other animal waste may be removed from the premises except under the authority of a licence issued by an officer.”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Brucellosis (England) Order 2000, (S.I 2000/2055) (“the 2000 Order”). The 2000 Order implements Council Directive 64/432 on animal health problems affecting intra- Community trade in bovine animals and swine (OJ No L121, 29.07.1964, p 1977) and Council Directive 77/391/EEC introducing Community measures for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle (OJ No L145, 13.06.77, p 44).

This Order amends articles 4, 5 and 13 of the 2000 Order. It corrects an erroneous reference to article 5 in article 13 and makes drafting changes to articles 4 and 5, concerning the service of notices restricting the movements of animals. The circumstances in which a notice can be served under article 5 have been changed so they are the same as those in article 4.

No impact assessment has been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.