
2012 No. 198
Animals
Agriculture
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012
Made 20th June 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd June 2012
Coming into force 1st July 2012
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 , section 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981  and all other powers enabling them to do so .This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for the references to the EU instruments in articles 2 and 3 to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
Citation and commencement
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This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012; and
(b) comes into force on 1st July 2012.
Amendment to the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012
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(1) The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012  are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 23(3)(b) (re-importation of products) substitute—“
(b) dispose of any product comprising the consignment in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.”.
(3) In regulation 33 (offences)—
(a) immediately after sub-paragraph (c) omit  “or”;
(b) for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—“
(d) fails to comply with regulation 6(6); or
(e) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any of the following provisions—”; and
(c) in the table—
(i) omit the entry for regulation 6(6);
(ii) in the entry for regulation 25(5), for  “regulation 25(5)” substitute “
                        regulation 25(4)
                      ”; and
(iii) in the entry for paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2, for  “Keeping records” substitute “
                        Obligations on circus operators
                      ”.
(4) In Schedule 2 (additional requirements in specific cases), in paragraph 5(2), for  “keeping of records” substitute “
                obligations on circus operators
              ”.
(5) Paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 4 (consequential amendments) is revoked.
Amendment to the Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2008
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RICHARD LOCHHEAD

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh
