Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 1, 8(1), 17(1), 23, 83(2), 87(2) and (5) and 88(2) and (4) of the Animal Health Act 1981 makes the following Order: S.I. 2002 No 3229. This Order may be cited as the Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) Order 2002. This Order applies to England and came into force on 20 January 2003. This Order revokes and remakes the provisions of the Disease of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1765) and the Movement of Animals (Restrictions) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/760). The Order: (a) extends to the presence of disease on means of transport as well as on premises; and (b) enables a veterinary inspector to prohibit the movement of animals while investigating whether disease is on the premises or means of transport (article 8(b)). A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for this Order and placed in the library of each of the Houses of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Animal Health and Exotic Diseases Division of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 1 a Page Street, London SW1P 1PQ. A copy of this Order can be obtained from any branch of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.