S.I. No. 182/1990 - Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 1990.
S.I. No. 182 of 1990. | ||
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTATION OF THE STATE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1990. | ||
I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 13 , 20 and 27 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 13 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 97 of 1987 ), hereby order as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 1990. | ||
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1990. 2. The Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 ( S.I. No. 308 of 1989 ), is hereby amended— | ||
( a ) in Article 17— | ||
(i) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2): | ||
"( a ) during the period of 45 days ending on the date of the movement it has given a negative result to a test, or", | ||
and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for subparagraph (a) of paragraph (3): | ||
"( a ) during the period of 45 days ending on the date of the movement it has given a negative result to a test, or", | ||
and | ||
( b ) in Article 23 by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) of paragraph (3): | ||
"( a ) free animals in respect of which there are identity cards showing that the animals have passed a test within the period of 45 days ending on the date of the sale and to the left ears of which ear-tags stand attached in pursuance of this Order, or". | ||
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of July, 1990. | ||
MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, | ||
Minister for Agriculture and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
This Order reduces the validity period of the bovine tuberculosis pre-movement test to 45 days in respect of the domestic trade. |