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The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 30(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Amendment (No. 6) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 13th December 2001. Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001 2. - (1) The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001[2] is amended in accordance with this article. (2) In article 4-
(5A) Where the period (within which an occupier of a slaughterhouse shall ensure that any animal is slaughtered) specified in a licence under paragraph (4) above is longer than the 24 hour period required by paragraph (5) above, that animal shall be slaughtered within the period specified in the licence."
(b) of roe, red, fallow or sika deer carried out by the occupier of any land, or a member of a shooting party consisting of not more than three persons who are members of the occupier's household or persons employed by the occupier or beaters, and who shoot or attempt to shoot any such deer (including marauding deer) found thereon, provided that the occupier or members of a shooting party take such care as is reasonably practicable to avoid scattering any herd."; and
(c) after article 4(20)[4], there is inserted-
(22) Paragraph (21) above shall not apply to the occupier of any premises, or that occupier's employee (unless that person is employed primarily for the purpose of carrying out ultrasound scanning of sheep), in respect of the carrying out of the ultrasound scanning of sheep kept on those premises using ultrasound scanning equipment owned or kept by the occupier.".
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EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Declaratory (Controlled Area) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2001 ("the Controlled Area Order") to allow the Scottish Ministers or an inspector of the Scottish Ministers to authorise hunting by licence. It also allows an inspector of the Scottish Ministers or the Scottish Ministers to specify in licence conditions the period within which animals must be slaughtered after arrival at a slaughterhouse in the licence conditions. It also amends the restrictions in the Controlled Area Order to prohibit the ultrasound scanning of sheep, except under the conditions of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers. [1] S.I. 1983/1950, as amended by S.I. 1993/3119, S.I. 1995/2922 and, as regards Scotland, by S.S.I. 2001/52, 55, 101 and 390. See article 3(1) for the definition of "the Minister". The functions of "the Minister", so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back [2] S.S.I. 2001/111, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/131, 146, 150, 159, 170, 181, 187, 204, 246, and 290.back [3] Article 4(9) was amended by, and articles 4(9A) and (9B) were inserted by, S.S.I. 2001/131. Article 4(9B) was amended by S.S.I 2001/150, 170, and 187.back [4] Article 4(20) was inserted by S.S.I. 2001/246.back
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