The Warble Fly (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1601
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Warble Fly (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 11th September 1987.

Section 2 Amendment

The Warble Fly (England and Wales) Order 1982 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) of article 5 (veterinary enquiry and service of notices) after the word “affected” there shall be inserted the words “or suspected”;

(b) in article 6 (contents and effects of notices)—

(i) in paragraph (1)(a), (c) and (d) for the word “shall” there shall be substituted the word “may”;

(ii) in paragraph (1)(a) after the words “within the autumn period” there shall be inserted the words “or between such dates in the autumn period as may be specified in it.”; and

(iii) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(3) Where a notice in Form A prohibits the movement of any animal in accordance with paragraph (1)(d) above but does not impose any other requirement, a veterinary inspector may by a further notice in writing amend that notice so as to impose any one or more of the requirements mentioned in paragraph (1) above

(c) for article 7 (autumn treatment) there shall be substituted the following article—

(7) If a veterinary inspector knows or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that, at any time during the current calendar year before the beginning of the autumn period,—

(a) any animal was affected;

(b) an affected animal was present on any premises; or

(c) an animal which has or which may have been exposed to infection by warble fly was present on any premises,

he may, at any time after the end of the spring period and before the end of the autumn period in that year, serve a notice in Form A on the owner or person in charge of the animal, or of any animal on the premises, as the case may be; and in this case the notice in Form A shall require the treatment to be carried out during the autmn period or between such dates in the autumn period as may be specified in it.

(d) for Form A in the Schedule there shall be substituted the following Form—

ANIMAL HEALTH ACT 1981

Warble Fly (England and Wales) Order 1982 (as amended)

(Articles 5, 6 and 7)

NOTICE OF MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS AND TREATMENT