The Importation of Hay and Straw Order 1979

UK Statutory Instrument 1979 No. 1703 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

1revoked

Made: 17 December 1979
In force from: 1 February 1980
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife
Made under: Diseases of Animals Act 1950

Explanatory note

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This Order prohibits the landing in Great Britain of any hay or straw from a place outside Great Britain except under the authority of a licence. The prohibition does not apply to the landing of hay or straw being used for packing merchandise or to goods manufactured from straw or to esparto grass. Article 5 confers powers on inspectors appointed under the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 to ensure that hay or straw landed in contravention of the Order is either destroyed or exported and article 8 makes the deliberate contravention of the Order an indictable offence.

Offences created by this instrument

Any person who lands or attempts to land any hay or straw in contravention of article 3(1) above, or who contravenes… article 7 · Revoked · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2018 Commons · General Committees · 22 October 2018 · The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice)
It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. The Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2018 completes the various reforms and actions to simplify and clarify the statute book which have been identified through the red tape challenge initiative. On the point made by the shadow Minister, those reforms are not part of an EU withdrawal programme—as he said, we still have that to look forward to. They are the closing stages of the red tape challenge that took place between 2011 and 2015, which reviewed some 6,000 rules and regulations across…

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