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Bluetongue (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008 (S.S.I. No. 234 of 2008).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Pests/diseases Quarantine Transport/storage Vaccination
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order amends the Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2008 mainly to make specific provision for vaccination of animals against bluetongue. It also amends the definition of ‘animal’ so as to include camelids, requires that any conditions in a declaration of zones or condition of a licence must be complied with, sets out powers veterinary inspectors, allows an operator of a slaughterhouse in a surveillance zone to slaughter an animal from a protection zone only if licensed to do so and provides with respect to animal movements from restricted zones to premises in a free area and movement of vaccinated animals.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2008 (S.S.I. No. 11 of 2008).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Transport/storage, Vaccination

Source: FAO, FAOLEX