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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under Article 46B shall comply with a code of practice which has been published under paragraph (4) and has not been withdrawn.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