Originally from: mona parr
                        
Could somebody please help sort my brain out!!!!
Got an ear infection--told to behave myself for a few days!!
No horse riding feeling dizzy.

The following consultation on Animal Disease Control is almost closed--23rd May

<A HREF="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/agriculture/adcp-01.asp">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/agriculture/adcp-01.asp</A>

I read:
6. The powers of Scottish Ministers are governed by the Animal Health Act 1981. Since then there have been a number of developments in the science of disease control, the identification of new and emerging disease threats and also heightened awareness of disease risks.

Animal Health Act 2002
41.     Section 19 provides that the Act extends to England and Wales only

Am I the only person who hadnt taken in that Scotland had not adopted the 2002 Act yet!!
 
So this consultation is IT:

27. A possible Scottish Bill to amend the Animal Health Act 1981, so far as Scotland is concerned, and to take new related powers, is likely to include the following:An extended power to slaughter animals for disease control/prevention reasons

30. The intention now is to make the slaughter powers explicit, i.e. slaughter wherever this is necessary for disease control and prevention reasons. Put simply, if animals are at risk of infection then the wider slaughter power would be available as part of a number of measures within the strategy to control quickly, and then eliminate, a serious disease. The proposed new power could include, for example, animals that had been vaccinated against FMD.

31. It is also thought sensible, again to address the possible risk of animal disease spreading rapidly, to be able to extend these wider slaughter powers to diseases other than FMD, for instance the 14 other List A diseases (see Annex A). For example, in the case of Classical Swine Fever, in a densely populated pig area, pre-emptive slaughter of these animals might be necessary to prevent disease spreading.

And so it goes on--any help to respond or please respond yourselves if you havent already done so.
Thanks Mona