DISEASES OF ANIMALS BILL
MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS
CONSIDERATION STAGE
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Amendments tabled up to 9.30am Thursday, 12 November 2009
The Bill will be considered in the following order-
Clauses, Schedules and Long Title
Amendment 1 [Made]
Clause 4 , Page 5, Line 22
At end insert -
‘Powers of entry under warrant: code of practice
46D. -(1) An inspector who enters any premises by virtue of a warrant issued under Article 46B shall comply with a code of practice which has been published under paragraph (4) and has not been withdrawn.
(2) The Department shall prepare a code of practice in connection with the exercise by inspectors of a power of entry conferred by virtue of a warrant issued under Article 46B.
(3) After preparing a draft of the code the Department -
(a) shall publish the draft in such manner as it thinks appropriate and invite representations regarding the draft;
(b) shall consider any representations made to it regarding the draft; and
(c) may amend the draft accordingly.
(4) After the Department has proceeded under paragraph (3) it shall publish the code in such manner as it thinks appropriate.
(5) The Department shall from time to time review the code and if it thinks it appropriate revise the code.
(6) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to a revision of the code as they apply to its preparation.’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 2 [Made]
Clause 5 , Page 5, Line 30
Leave out from ‘or’ to ‘4A’ in line 31
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 3 [Made]
Clause 5 , Page 5, Line 33
Leave out ‘or that sub-paragraph’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Clause 6 [Clause Removed]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development gives notice of her intention to oppose the question that clause 6 stand part of the Bill.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 4 [Made]
Clause 8 , Page 8, Line 43
At end insert -
‘(3) The Department may by order prescribe the circumstances in which it may withhold, either wholly or partly, compensation or any other payment in respect of an animal slaughtered under this Order where -
(a) the slaughter has been necessitated by brucellosis;
(b) guidance relating to brucellosis has been published under Article 4A(3) and has not been withdrawn; and
(c) the owner or person having charge of the animal has failed to comply with that guidance.’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 5 [Made]
Clause 8 , Page 9
Leave out lines 1 to 7
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 6 [Made]
Clause 11 , Page 9, Line 36
At end insert -
‘( ) If a person is convicted of an offence under Article 5A and, at any time after the date of that conviction, that person is convicted of a further offence under that Article, the court shall by order disqualify that person, for such period as it thinks fit, from keeping or dealing in -
(a) any animals or poultry, or
(b) any animals or poultry of a specified kind.’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 7 [Made]
Clause 11 , Page 9, Line 37
Leave out ‘the order’ and insert ‘an order made under paragraph (1) or (2)’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 8 [Made]
Clause 11 , Page 10, Line 2
Leave out ‘(1)’ and insert ‘(1) or (2)’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 9 [Made]
Clause 11 , Page 10, Line 24
Leave out ‘or control’ and insert ‘, control or possession’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 10 [Made]
Clause 12 , Page 11
Leave out lines 1 and 2
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 11 [Made]
Clause 21 , Page 14, Line 20
After ‘4A(1),’ insert ‘4B(3),’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 12 [Made]
Clause 21 , Page 14, Line 24
Leave out from ‘, 50(1)’ to the end of line 25 and insert ‘and 50(1)”.’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Amendment 13 [Made]
Schedule 3 , Page 21, Line 34
Leave out from ‘In Article 6(3)’ to ‘that time”.’
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development