The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2001

Made: 19th April 2001

Laid before Parliament: 20th April 2001

Coming into force: 11.45 p.m. on 19th April 2001

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, being designated[^f00001] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[^f00002] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2001; they extend to the United Kingdom and shall come into force at 11.45 p.m. on 19th April 2001.

Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) Regulations 2001

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• (1) In regulation 1(2) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) Regulations 2001[^f00003] for the words “19th April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “18th May 2001”.

• (2) In regulation 2(1) of those Regulations for the definition of “the Decision” there shall be substituted—

• “the Decision” means Commission Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/145/EC[^f00004], as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/316/EC[^f00005] and Commission Decision 2001/318/EC[^f00006];

Signed

Hayman — Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — Signed at 6.00 p.m. 19th April 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement Commission Decision 2001/316/EC amending for the sixth time Commission Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (OJ No. L109, 19.4.2001, p. 72) 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 18th May 2001.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68. See section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) as respects the continued exercisability of the functions by the Minister for the purpose of implementing any Community obligation of the United Kingdom.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2001/887, as last amended by S.I. 2001/1352.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L62, 2.3.2001, p. 22.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L109, 19.4.2001, p. 72.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L109, 19.4.2001, p. 75.

Editorial notes

[^key-dc4a849649e2b95323da9691c003a94f]: Reg. 1 in force at 19.4.2001 at 11.45 p.m., see reg. 1

[^key-e2b697c0492cd6ce8b461cec03a03ff0]: Reg. 2 in force at 19.4.2001 at 11.45 p.m., see reg. 1