(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes and re-enacts with amendments the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998 (S.I.1998/463) as it applies to Wales.
The principal change is to provide for additional powers for inspectors (Schedule 2).
As in the previous Order, it provides that possession of an animal pathogen specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1, or introduction into an animal of an animal pathogen specified in Parts 1 and 2 of that Schedule, requires a licence from the Welsh Ministers.