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ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. 1924. No. 23.
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ANIMALS (TRANSIT AND GENERAL) (IRISH FREE STATE) AMENDMENT ORDER OF 1924.
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(Dated, 8th April, 1924).
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[Extract from Iris Oifigiúil, April 15, 1924.]
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The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in them under the joint operation of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, and of the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1914, and of every other power enabling them in this behalf, do, with the concurrence of the Minister of Agriculture, hereby Order:—
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AMENDMENT OF PART II. (CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION) OF ANIMALS (TRANSIT AND GENERAL) (IRELAND) ORDER OF 1913.
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1. On and from the fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four the provisions of this Order shall apply, instead of the provisions of Articles 18 and 20 (Part II.) of the Animals (Transit and General) (Ireland) Order of 1913, to the cleansing and disinfection of vessels used for carrying animals by sea from or to any port or place in the Irish Free State and of movable gangways and other apparatus used for the loading or unloading of animals on or from such vessels, or otherwise used in connection with the transit of animals by sea.
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2 Cleansing and Disinfection. Vessels.
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2.—(1) A vessel used for carrying animals by sea shall, after the landing of animals therefrom, and before the taking on board of any other animal or other cargo, be cleansed and disinfected as follows:—
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(i) All parts of the vessel with which any animal or its droppings or other excretions have come in contact shall be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. The said parts shall then be scraped and swept, and then be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water ; and then again disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed
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(ii) All fittings, pens, hurdles, or utensils used for or about animals shall be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Such fittings, pens, hurdles, or utensils shall thereafter be scraped, and then thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water; and then again disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
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(2) The scrapings and sweepings of the vessel shall not be landed unless and until they have been well mixed with quicklime. Such scrapings and sweepings shall if landed be forthwith effectually removed from contact with animals
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(3) All head-ropes or halters habitually used for securing animals on a vessel shall, as soon as practicable after each occasion on which they are so used and before they are again used for animals, be disinfected by a thorough immersion in a disinfectant hereinafter prescribed
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3 Movable Gangways and other Apparatus.
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3.—(1) A movable gangway, passageway, cage, or other apparatus used for the loading or unloading of animals on or from a vessel, or otherwise used in connection with the transit of animals by sea, shall as soon as practicable after being so used, be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. The apparatus shall then be scraped and swept, so as effectually to remove therefrom all dung, litter, and other matter, and then be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water, and then again disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
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(2) The scrapings and sweepings of the apparatus, and all dung, litter, and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime, and effectually removed from contact with animals, or be effectually destroyed by fire.
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4 Disinfection Prescribed in Specified Cases
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4. The prescribed manner of disinfection to be adopted in the case of any vessel or thing or part of a vessel or thing required to be disinfected under this Order, is as follows:—
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The vessel or thing, or the part thereof, required to be disinfected shall be thoroughly coated or washed with—
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(a) a one per cent. (minimum) solution of chloride of lime containing not less than thirty per cent. of available chlorine ; or
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(b) a four per cent. (minimum) solution of carbolic acid (containing not less than ninety-five per cent. of actual carbolic acid) ; or
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(c) a disinfectant equal in disinfective efficiency to the above-mentioned solution of carbolic acid.
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5 Offences.
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5. If anything is done, or omitted to be done, in contravention of any of the provisions of this Order, the owner and the charterer and the master of the vessel—and the owner of the gangway or passageway, cage, or other apparatus in respect of which anything is so done or omitted (as the case may be), shall, each according to and in respect of his or their own acts or omissions, be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894.
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6 Short Title, etc.
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6. This Order may be cited as the ANIMALS (TRANSIT AND GENERAL (IRISH FREE STATE) AMENDMENT ORDER OF 1924, and shall be read with the Animals (Transit and General) (Ireland) Order of 1913.
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In witness whereof the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction have hereunto set their Official Seal, this eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.
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F. J. MEYRICK,
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Secretary.
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I concur in the foregoing Order.
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P. HOGAN,
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Minister for Agriculture.
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