S.I. No. 275/1949 - Poultry Hatcheries Regulations, 1949.

S.I. No. 275 of 1949.

POULTRY HATCHERIES REGULATIONS, 1949.

I, JAMES M. DILLON, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Poultry Hatcheries Act, 1947 (No. 49 of 1947), hereby make the following regulations :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Poultry Hatcheries Regulations, 1949.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1949.

3. In these Regulations the expression " the Principal Regulations " means the Poultry Hatcheries Regulations, 1948 ( S.I. No. 378 of 1948 ).

4. These Regulations shall be construed as one with the Principal Regulations and may be cited therewith as the Poultry Hatcheries Regulations, 1948 and 1949.

5. (1) Poultry hatcheries of the following classes shall be exempted from subsection (1) of section 8 of the Act—

(a) any poultry hatchery the total incubator capacity of which is less than 300 eggs other than such a poultry hatchery which operates as an adjunct of a particular supply farm and engages in the distribution of chickens by sale or otherwise ;

(b) any poultry hatchery operating as an adjunct of a particular approved hen or hen-and-duck station under the Poultry Stations Scheme administered by a County Committee of Agriculture or by the Department of Agriculture ;

(c) any poultry hatchery which the Minister is satisfied is operating for experimental or educational purposes.

(2) Article 4 of the Principal Regulations is hereby revoked.

6. (1) Every application for a poultry hatchery licence or a provisional permit shall be made in each year within such time as may be determined by the Minister and shall be in such one of the Forms set out in Schedule No. 1 to the Principal Regulations as isappropriate to the particular application and shall contain the particulars prescribed by that Form and shall, when duly completed by the applicant, be lodged (together with the appropriate fee) with the Minister at his office in Dublin.

(2) Article 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby revoked.

7. (1) Eggs, other than eggs of domestic fowls, shall not be incubated at a licensed poultry hatchery save with the prior consent of the Minister in writing and in accordance with such conditions as the Minister thinks proper.

(2) Article 10 of the Principal Regulations is hereby revoked.

8. The following measures, and any other measures which the Minister or an inspector may direct, shall be adopted in the event of an outbreak of disease amongst chickens at a licensed poultry hatchery :—

(a) the owner of the hatchery shall notify the Minister of the outbreak within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the outbreak ;

(b) the despatch of chickens from the hatchery shall immediately be discontinued until such time as the Minister or an inspector shall determine.

9. The following measure, and any other measures which the Minister or an inspector may direct, shall immediately be adopted in the event of an outbreak of disease amongst chickens in proximity to a licensed poultry hatchery or within ten days from the date of the despatch of chickens from a licensed poultry hatchery, or in the event of any unusual or unexplained illness or significant mortality amongst poultry in proximity to a licensed poultry hatchery namely, notification of the outbreak or of the illness or mortality shall be sent by the owner of the hatchery to the Minister.

10. Articles 29, 31 and 32 of the Principal Regulations are hereby revoked.

11. (1) Every egg of a domestic fowl supplied to a licensed poultry hatchery from a supply farm shall bear the impression of the stamp supplied by the Minister for use at such farm and such stamp shall be surrendered to the Minister at any time on demand by him.

(2) Article 42 of the Principal Regulations is hereby revoked.

12. (1) The following measures, and any other measures which the Minister or an inspector may direct, shall be adopted at a supply farm immediately infectious or contagious disease is known to exist amongst poultry at such farm—

(a) the hatching of eggs at and distribution of hatching eggs and poultry from the supply farm shall be discontinued until such time as the Minister or an inspector shall direct ;

(b) representative specimens of poultry at the supply farm shall be furnished for examination to the Veterinary College, Ballsbridge, Dublin, or such other veterinary laboratory as may be approved by the Minister for such purpose ;

(c) all such diseased poultry and any other poultry which have been in contact with such diseased poultry as may be specified by the Minister or an inspector shall be disposed of in accordance with directions of the Minister or an inspector ;

(d) the supply farm and all equipment thereat shall be disinfected as directed by the Minister or an inspector.

(2) Article 48 of the Principal Regulations is hereby revoked.

13. The record of eggs laid by pullets at every supply farm shall be in the Form S.F. 6 (a) set out in Schedule No. 1 hereto and the entries which shall be made in the said record shall be those indicated in the said Form and such entries shall be made daily.

14. The Form P.H. 5 set out in Schedule No. 2 hereto is hereby substituted for the Form P.H. 5 set out in Schedule No. 4 to the Principal Regulations.

Form S.F.6.(a)

SCHEDULE NO. 1

POULTRY HATCHERIES ACT, 1947 .

RECORD OF EGGS LAID BY PULLETS AT SUPPLY FARM.

Months of............................................................ ............. 19......

SCHEDULE No. 2

Form P.H. 5.                   Docket No. ......

To............................................................ .................................................... (name)

............................................................ ..................................................... (address)

You are hereby notified of the despatch to you on

............................................................ .... per ............................................................ ..........

(date)          (conveyance)

of ............................................................ ....... ............................................................ ....

(number) (breed/first-cross)

............................................................ ....................................... chickens purchased by you

(as hatched/pullet/cockerel)

from ............................................................ ............................................................ ...........

(licensed poultry hatchery)

at a price of ............................................................ ....... per dozen, including cost of delivery.

IMPORTANT

IN THE EVENT OF ANY OUTBREAK OF DISEASE OR ANY UNEXPLAINED ILLNESS OR SIGNIFICANT MORTALITY AMONG THESE CHICKENS, WITHIN TWO WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF THEIR DESPATCH FROM THIS HATCHERY, A SPECIMEN OR SPECIMENS SHOULD BE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE VETERINARY COLLEGE, BALLSBRIDGE, DUBLIN (OR ANY OTHER VETERINARY LABORATORY APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE) FOR EXAMINATION, AND THIS DOCKET SHOULD BE ENCLOSED.

Signed .............................................

Date............................................

(TO BE COMPLETED AT HATCHERY)

The official stamp numbers on the eggs from which these chickens were hatched are follows:—

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of October, 1949.

(Signed) JAMES M. DILLON,

Minister for Agriculture.