1 Title, extent and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2001; they extend to the United Kingdom and shall come into force at 11.45 pm on 4th April 2001.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 4 April 2001 at 2345 hours: see above.

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

2Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) Regulations 2001

(1)    In regulation 1(2) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export of Vehicles) (Disinfection of Tyres) (No 2) Regulations 2001 for the words “4th April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “19th April 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, as amended by Commission Decision 2001/190/EC, Commission Decision 2001/209/EC, Commission Decision 2001/239/EC and Commission Decision 2001/268/EC;”.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 4 April 2001 at 2345 hours: see reg 1.

Signature

Hayman

Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Signed at 1.15 pm

4th April 2001

EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement Commission Decision 2001/268/EC amending for the fourth time Commission Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (OJ No L94, 4.4.2001, p 27) 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 (SI 2001/887, as amended) are in force until midnight on 19th April 2001.