The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2001
These Regulations implement Article 13(1), first indent of Council Directive 85/511/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (OJ No. L135, 26.11.85, p. 11) as amended, in particular, by Council Directive 90/423/EEC (OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 13). They prohibit vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in England except in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Secretary of State (regulation 3). This prohibition does not apply to anything done by a person pursuant to, and in accordance with, a licence issued by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under article 4 of the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/463).