The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made - - - - 18th May 2009
Laid before Parliament 27th May 2009
Coming into force - - 30th June 2009
The Secretary of State is designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, the Secretary of State makes the following Regulations.
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 30th June 2009. Amendments
2. The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008(c) are amended as set out in these Regulations.
3. In regulation 2 (Interpretation: general)—
(a) insert, after the definition of “disease legislation”— ““domestic market” is the market for the sale of poultry meat in England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland;”;
(b) omit the definition of “relevant date”;
(c) before the definition of “slaughter” insert —
““seropositive pig” means a pig that is not a restricted animal but is required by the
Secretary of State to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse due to antibodies against swine
vesicular disease virus being identified in that pig;
