(1) The title of this Order is The Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease (Contingency Planning) (Wales) Order 2005 and it comes into force on 20 October 2005.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
Specified date: 20 October 2005: see para (1) above.
Section 14A of the Animal Health Act 1981 (National contingency plan) applies to avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
Specified date: 20 October 2005: see art 1(1).
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998
D Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
11 October 2005
This Order provides that the requirements in section 14A of the Animal Health Act 1981 (as inserted by the Animal Health Act 2002 c 42) apply to Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease. Section 14A provides for the preparation of national contingency plans indicating the arrangements which the National Assembly for Wales intends to put in place for the purpose of dealing with an occurrence of disease.
A regulatory appraisal of the effect which this instrument will have on the costs of business has been prepared and copies can be obtained from the National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.
