Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2640

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2001

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 2640

ANIMALS

ANIMAL HEALTH

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2001

	Made	19th July 2001
	Laid before Parliament	20th July 2001
	Coming into force	11.45 p.m. on 20th July 2001

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, being designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by that section, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement
    1.These Regulations may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2001; they extend to the United Kingdom and shall come into force at 11.45 p.m. on 20th July 2001.

Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) Regulations 2001
    2. - (1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) Regulations 2001[3] are amended in accordance with this regulation.

    (2) In regulation 1(2) of those Regulations, for "20th July 2001" substitute "30th September 2001".

    (3) In regulation 2(1) of those Regulations, for the definition of "the Decision" substitute -

" "the Decision" means Commission Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/172/EC[4], as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/547/EC[5];"

Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dated 19th July 2001

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement Commission Decision 2001/547/EC amending for the sixth time Commission Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (OJ No. L195, 19.7.2001, p. 61) in so far as it applies to the disinfection of the tyres of road vehicles transported from the British Islands.

The effect of the Regulations is to extend the time that the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/887, as amended) are in force until midnight on 30th September 2001.

Notes:

[1] S.I. 1972/1811.back

[2] 1972 c. 68.back

[3] S.I. 2001/887, as amended by S.I. 2001/1196, S.I. 2001/1352, S.I. 2001/1499, S.I. 2001/1984 and S.I. 2001/2195.back

[4] OJ No. L125, 5.5.2001, p. 46.back

[5] OJ No. L195, 19.7.2001, p. 61.back

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