S.I. No. 125/1961 - Bovine Tuberculosis (14-Day Test) (Amendment) Order, 1961.

S.I. No. 125 of 1961.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (14-DAY TEST) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1961.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of bovine tuberculosis, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, and section 2 of the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Tuberculosis) Act, 1957 (No. 14 of 1957), as amended by section 5 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1960 (No. 26 of 1960), order as follows :

1 Short title, collective citation and commencement.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (14-Day Test) (Amendment) Order, 1961.

(2) The Principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Bovine Tuberculosis (14-Day Test) Orders, 1960 and 1961.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1961.

2 Principal Order

2. In this Order "the Principal Order" means the Bovine Tuberculosis (14-Day Test) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 176 of 1960 ).

3 Amendment of Article 5 of Principal Order.

3. Article 5 of the Principal Order is hereby amended as follows :

(i) the expression "pursuant to this Order" in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) shall be deleted ;

(ii) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraphs (2) and (3) :

"(2) Where a bovine animal has passed or given an inconclusive reaction to a test for tuberculosis pursuant to this Order, then, within the period beginning on the commencement of the test and ending on the expiration of thirty consecutive days the first of which is the day of the commencement of the test—

(a) a person shall not, unless he is unaware that the animal has passed or given an inconclusive reaction to such a test, cause or permit the animal to be tested again with tuberculin, and

(b) a veterinary surgeon shall not, unless he is unaware that the animal has passed or given an inconclusive reaction to such a test, again test the animal with tuberculin."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of June, 1961.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to prohibit the retesting of an animal which gives a positive reaction to a 14-day tuberculin test. It also reduces, in certain circumstances, the period within which an animal that has passed or given an inconclusive reaction to such a test may not be retested.