wsi/2025/425 — <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <span xml:lang="en">The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025</span> / <span xml:lang="cy">Gorchymyn Clwy’r Traed a’r Genau (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2025</span> </div>

2025 No. 425 (W. 82) Animals, Wales The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025 Made 2 April 2025 Coming into force 3 April 2025 The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 8(1), 17(1), 23 and 25 of the Animal Health Act 1981 . Title and coming into force 1 1 The title of this Order is the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025. 2 This Order comes into force on 3 April 2025. Amendment to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006 2 1 The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006 is amended as follows. 2 In article 16(1) (declaration of a temporary control zone) for “must” substitute “may” . Huw Irranca-Davies Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers 2 April 2025 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by the Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22) . This Order applies in relation to Wales only. Article 16(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Wales) Order 2006 (“ the 2006 Order ”) currently requires the Welsh Ministers to declare a temporary control zone on suspicion of disease around a suspect premises. Article 2 of this Order amends article 16(1) of the 2006 Order to provide the Welsh Ministers with a discretion as to whether to declare a temporary control zone. The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.