The Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/3159
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification and Slaughter) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Section 2 Application of section 22 of the Animal Health Act 1981

(1) Section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981, which enables the Minister to cause animals to be slaughtered on account of disease, shall apply to the following diseases–

African horse sickness

Bluetongue

Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis

Contagious agalactia

Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia

Contagious epidydimitis

Dourine ( Trypanosoma equiperdum )

Ebola virus

Epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease

Epizootic Lymphangitis ( Histoplasma farciminosum )

Glanders ( Burkholderia mallei )

Equine infectious anaemia

Equine Viral Encephalomyelitis

Goat pox

Lumpy Skin Disease

Peste des Petits Ruminants

Rift Valley Fever

Sheep pox

Surra ( Trypanosoma evansi )

Teschen Disease

Vesicular Stomatitis

(2) For the purposes of this article the definition of “animal” in the Animal Health Act 1981 is hereby extended to include any kind of mammal except man.

Section 3 Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1991

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Section 4 Amendment of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985

In Article 3 of the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Disease) Order 1985 , for the definition of “disease” there shall be substituted the following–

“Disease” means African horse sickness, Aujeszky’s disease, Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis, cattle plague, contagious agalactia, contagious epidydimitis, dourine, enzootic bovine leukosis, equine infectious anaemia, equine encephalomyelitis, pleuro-pnemonia, rabies, sheep-pox, swine fever and Teschen disease;

Section 5 Revocations and consequential amendments

The Orders referred to in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked or amended as specified in that Schedule.

Section 1

In Schedule 2 to The Importation of Animals Order 1977 the references to the Sheep Pox Order of 1938 and the Teschen Disease Order 1974 shall be deleted.

Section 2

In the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987 the words “African horse sickness,” shall be deleted from Article 2(b) and in the definition of “disease” in Article 3(1).