Subordinate Legislation Committee, 21 Feb 2006

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Official Report 158KB pdf

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Instruments Subject to Annulment

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Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Slaughter and Vaccination) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006/45)

The regulations, together with others, provide for vaccination, preventive eradication and additional powers of slaughter if foot-and-mouth disease is suspected or confirmed on European Union territory. Similar regulations have been made in England, but a number of points are not replicated there. A number of issues have been raised by our legal advisers; we will simply ask the Executive about those.

Members indicated agreement.

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TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006/46)

The regulations amend—

You are not going to try to pronounce what TSE stands for, are you?

No, I am not. The regulations amend earlier ones and bring up to date the references to relevant European Community legislation. They also reduce the rates of compensation payable for female sheep and goats and for lambs and kids that are slaughtered following confirmation of TSE in a flock or herd. Similar provisions have been introduced in England and Wales.

This is the sixth amendment to the principal regulations and the Executive does not appear to have any plans to consolidate, unlike in England and Wales. We might ask the Executive whether it has any plans to consolidate, and there are a couple of other issues that we could ask about. Is that okay?

Members indicated agreement.

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Perth (Pilotage Powers) Order 2006<br />(SSI 2006/49)<br />Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2006 (SSI 2006/51)

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Solway Firth Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order 2006 (SSI 2006/57)<br />Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Scotland) Order 2006<br />(SSI 2006/58)

No points arise on the orders.