Welsh Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1234 (W. 67 )

The Foot-And-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No.4) (Amendment) Order 2001

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 1234 (W. 67 )

ANIMALS, WALES

ANIMAL HEALTH

The Foot-And-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No.4) (Amendment) Order 2001

	Made	at 5.30 p.m. on 28th March 2001
	Coming into force	7.00 p.m. on 28th March 2001

The National Assembly for Wales and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 23, and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981[1]) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:

Title, application and commencement
    1.This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (no. 4) (Amendment) Order 2001; it applies to Wales and shall come into force at 7.00p.m. on 28th March 2001.

Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001
    2.For article 3 of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001 [2] there shall be substituted the following article:

    " 3.Any restrictions on access to land (including common land, unenclosed or waste land), footpaths or rights of way imposed under Part IV of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 before its amendment by the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001 shall continue to have effect until revoked in the whole or in part by - 


(a) a declaration of the Minister, published in such manner as he sees fit; or

(b) a declaration by the local authority, published in such manner as it shall see fit."

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 [3]


Dafydd Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

Signed at 5.30pm on 28th March 2001


Helene Hayman
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Signed at 3.59pm on 28th March 2001

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order, which applies to Wales, amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1033 (W.47)) so as to permit the Minister or a local authority by declaration to revoke in whole or in part any restrictions on access to land, footpaths or rights of way imposed under Part IV of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1950, as amended) before the coming into force of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 4) Order 2001.

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Notes:

[1] 1981 c.22. See section 86(1) for the definitions of "the Ministers" and "the Minister." Functions of the "Ministers", so far as exercisable by the Secretary for Wales in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembley for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). Functions of "the Ministers" so far as exercisable by the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Wales were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141).back

[2] S.I. 2001/1033 (W.47).back

[3] 1998 c.38.back

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