S.I. No. 106/2001 - Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and Other Equipment) Order, 2001 (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 2001

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 30 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (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 Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and other Equipment) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 106 of 2001).

(2)     In this order, “the Principal Order” means the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and other Equipment) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 51 of 2001 ) as amended by the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and other Equipment) (Amendment) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 69) of 2001) and the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and other Equipment) Order, 2001 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No.84 of 2001 ).

2.                 The Principal Order is amended in Article 3 by the substitution for “or France.” of “, France or the Netherlands.”.

3.       (1)     In the Principal Order, “other such equipment” includes tyres.

(2)     Article 3 of the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and other Equipment) Order, 2001 (Amendment) (No.2) Order, 2001 is hereby revoked.

Explanatory Note

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

This Order extends the restriction of import of certain vehicles, machinery and other equipment to vehicles, machinery and other equipment from the Netherlands.