EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)These Regulations implement Commission Decision 2001/372/EC (OJ No L130, 12.5.2001, p 47) amending Commission Decision 2001/356/EC (OJ No L125, 5.5.2001, p 46) concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Commission Decision 2001/172/EC (OJ No L130, 12.5.2001, p 47) 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 June 2001.