S.I. No. 12/2009 - Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Prohibition On the Use of Swill) (Amendment) Order 2009
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 23rd January, 2009. | ||
I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 13 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 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ), hereby make the following order: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) (Amendment) Order 2009. | ||
2. The Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) Order 2001 ( S.I. No. 597 of 2001 ) is amended, by the substitution for Article 3, of— | ||
“3. (1) A person shall not collect, assemble, process, store, keep or otherwise have in his or her possession or under his or her control swill— | ||
(a) for the purpose of feeding it to an animal, or | ||
(b) on any land or premise where an animal is fed, farmed, reared, bred or fattened or has access. | ||
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a plant that operates in accordance with an approval granted for the purposes of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
20 January 2009 | ||
BRENDAN SMITH. | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
This Order amends Statutory Instrument No. 597/2001 by permitting the collection, assembly, processing and storage of swill at approved composting and biogas plants. |