Scottish Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 400

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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 400

ANIMALS

DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS

The Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2000

	Made	14th November 2000
	Laid before the Scottish Parliament	15th November 2000
	Coming into force	1st January 2001

Citation, commencement and extent

- (1) This Order may be cited as the Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Duration

This Order shall cease to have effect on 1st January 2004.

Interpretation

In this Order-

Mustela vison

Keeping of mink
4. - (1) The keeping of mink is prohibited absolutely-

(a) on any off-shore island of Scotland other than the Isle of Arran (including neighbouring Holy Island);

(b) in the Caithness area of the Highland Council; and

(c) in the Sutherland area of the Highland Council.

(2) The keeping of any mink within the remainder of Scotland is prohibited, except under a licence granted under the Act.

Exceptions to application of the Act
5. In the application of the Act in relation to mink, there shall be omitted section 5(2) and, in section 6(1), paragraph (f) and the reference to a penalty in the case of an offence under paragraph (f).

ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
14th November 2000

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prohibits absolutely the keeping of mink on any off-shore island except the Isle of Arran including neighbouring Holy Island and in the Caithness and Sutherland areas of the Highland Council and prohibits the keeping of mink in the rest of Scotland except under licence (article 3). The Order continues the prohibition imposed by the Mink Keeping Order (S.I. 1997/3002) ("the 1997 Order"), which ceases to have effect on 1st January 2001. This Order ceases to have effect on 1st January 2004 ("the expiry date").

In consequence of the making of this Order the provisions of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 will continue to apply to mink until the expiry date, subject (as under the 1997 Order) to certain exceptions relating to the duty on occupiers of land to give notice of the presence on their land of mink not kept under a licence (article 4).

No regulatory appraisal has been prepared in respect of this Order.

[1] 1932 c.12; section 11 was amended by S.I. 1992/3302. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State for Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

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Prepared 1 December 2000

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