S.I. No. 57/2000 - Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2000

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 13 , 20 and 27 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) as adapted by the Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1999 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 29 day of FEBRUARY, 2000.

2. In this Order -

“the Principal Order” means the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1991 ( S.I. No. 114 of 1991 ).

“the 1998 Order” means the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 1998 ( S.I. No. 39 of 1998 ).

3. Article 7 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subparagraph (c) in paragraph (3):

“(c) a veterinary inspector may by notice served, or caused to be served, on the owner, occupier or person in charge of the holding require that an eligible animal or animals be housed or confined to a designated part of the holding for the period specified in the notice”.

4. Article 31 of the Principal Order is replaced by the following Article:

“31. Where a person contravenes any provision of this Order or of the 1998 Order, he shall be guilty of an offence under the Act”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order requires an owner or person in charge of a herd, to house a Brucellosis eligible animal(s) or to confine it/them to a designated area(s) on a holding, on the written instructions of a veterinary inspector.