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Bee Diseases Control (Jersey) Order 1992 - Amendment

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A decision made 2 July 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2012-0070

Decision Summary Title :

Changes to Bee Diseases Control (Jersey) Order 1992

Date of Decision Summary:

25 June 2012

Decision Summary Author:

States Veterinary Assistant

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title :

Bee Diseases Control (Jersey) Order 1992

Date of Written Report:

25 June 2012

Written Report Author:

States Veterinary Assistant

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: 

Require registration of beekeepers and make both small hive beetle and Tropilaelaps mite notifiable diseases.  

 

Decision(s):

The Minister agreed that the Bee Diseases Control (Jersey) Order 1992 should be amended to include the requirement for beekeepers to register with the Minister and to extend the definition of “disease” in Article 1 of the Diseases of Animals (Jersey) Law 1956 to include small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)  and Tropilaelaps mite (tropilaelaps spp).

 

Reason(s) for Decision:

To set appropriate controls for notifiable diseases and to assist the dissemination of relevant information.

 

Resource Implications:

None

 

Action required:

States Veterinary Assistant to request that the Law Draftsman prepares a revised draft Order on the basis of a drafting brief to be supplied by the Department and for subsequent consideration by the Minister.  

 

Signature:

 

Deputy R Duhamel

Position:

Minister

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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