Poultry (Diseases) Act, 1934

Extension of powers of making orders.

2.—The power of making orders conferred by section 22 of the Principal Act and now vested in the Minister for Agriculture shall extend to and include the making (after consultation with the Minister for Finance) of orders for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say:—

(a) for extending, for all or any of the purposes of the Principal Act, the definition of animals in that Act, so that the same shall for those purposes or any of them comprise all or any kinds or kind of poultry in addition to the animals included in the said definition by or under the Principal Act;

(b) for extending, for all or any of the purposes of the Principal Act, the definition of disease in the Principal Act, so that the same shall for those purposes, or any of them, comprise any disease of all or any kinds or kind of poultry in addition to the diseases included in the said definition by or under the Principal Act;

(c) for prohibiting (either absolutely or conditionally) and regulating the importation of poultry eggs intended to be used for hatching, and, for the purpose of such prohibition and regulation, applying to such eggs all or any of the provisions (including powers of making orders) of the Principal Act in relation to the importation of animals;

(d) for prohibiting or restricting, and regulating the use of imported poultry eggs for hatching;

(e) for requiring the payment of fees in relation to services under the Principal Act in respect of poultry to which the definition of animals in that Act is for the time being extended and in respect of poultry eggs, and for prescribing, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the amounts of such fees, and the persons by whom and the circumstances in which such fees are to be paid.