S.I. No. 20/1961 - Foot and Mouth Disease (Importation of Animals) Order, 1960 (Revocation) Order, 1961.

S.I. No. 20 of 1961.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS) ORDER, 1960 (REVOCATION) ORDER, 1961.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Agriculture Acts, 1931 to 1958, and section 49 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Foot and Mouth Disease (Importation of Animals) Order, 1960 (Revocation) Order, 1961.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 6th day of February, 1961.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

4. The Foot and Mouth Disease (Importation of Animals) Order, 1960 (No. 225 of 1960) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of February, 1961.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order revokes the temporary controls on the importation of four footed animals from Britain, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and the Continent of Europe, imposed as a precaution against the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease.