The Part 7 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Extension to Animal Pathogens) Order 2007
Part 7 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 provides for the security of those pathogens and toxins which fall within the meaning of “dangerous substance” in section 58(4)(a) by virtue of consisting of or including a substance for the time being mentioned in Schedule 5 to that Act. Article 2 of this Order applies that Part in relation to those animal pathogens that satisfy, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the test in section 75(4) of that Act. Such animal pathogens are listed in Schedule 5 to that Act, as substituted by paragraph 3 of the Schedule to this Order.