The Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Wales) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2002
This Order further amends the Disease Control (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2002 (the “principal Order”) (S.I. 2002/280 (W.32)) (as amended by S.I. 2002/1038 (W.110) and S.I. 2002/1356 (W.132)) bysubstituting a new definition of “animals” (article 2(2)) in the Principal Order, which now applies to buffalo, cattle, deer, goats, pigs, sheep and wild boar (it previously applied to cattle, sheep, goats, all other ruminating animals, swine and elephants); and making consequential revocations relating to camelids;amending article 3(3)(b) to provide a relaxation of the restrictions of movements of—sheep to a show or exhibition from premises to which they have been moved (new paragraph (ix)); andanimals between common land and premises in relation to which a registered right of common over land is customarily exercised (new paragraph (xiv)) and between these premises (new paragraph (xivA));inserting a new Article 3(4B) disapplying the requirements set out in paragraph (1) of article 3 of the Principal Order to the movement of any animal to, from or between zoos licensed under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (article 2(5));revoking articles 5 and 6 of the principal Order which set out licensing requirements in relation to sheep dipping and shearing and the ultra sound scanning of sheep (article 26)); andrevoking article 14 of the principal Order (article 14 extended the definition of “animals” set out in the Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22) to include elephants for the purposes of the principal Order) (article 2(4)).