Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament

(a) at the end of paragraph (2), there is inserted "and are satisfied that the operator of the assembly centre has agreed to comply with any requirements as may be specified by the inspector as to the operation of that centre which an inspector believes are necessary to ensure the centre is capable of being operated in accordance with the second indent of paragraph 3(2) of Council Directive 90/425/EEC"; and

(b) in paragraph (3) for "cattle or pigs", there is substituted "cattle, pigs, sheep or goats".

    (3) In Schedule 3, Part I, paragraph 9, after "Commission Decision 97/315/EC (O.J. No. L 137, 28.5.97, p.20)", there is inserted-

" ;

Commission Decision 2001/327/EC (O.J. No. L 115, 25.4.01, p.12)".

DAVID R DICKSON
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Pentland House, Edinburgh
7th March 2002

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2000.

They implement in Scotland article 4 of Commission Decision 2002/153/EC (O.J. No. L 50, 21.2.02, p.98) concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom, repealing Decision 2001/740/EC and amending for the eighth time Decision 2001/327/EC and the application by Commission Decision 2002/153/EC of Commission Decision 2001/327/EC to the United Kingdom.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.

[1] 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.back

[2] S.S.I. 2000/216, as amended by S.S.I. 2000/300.back

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