S.I. No. 295/1967 - Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Exhibition and Sale of Sheep and Pigs) Order, 1967.

S.I. No. 295 of 1967.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (RESTRICTION OF EXHIBITION AND SALE OF SHEEP AND PIGS) ORDER, 1967.

I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), hereby, for the prevention of the spreading of foot and mouth disease, order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Exhibition and Sale of Sheep and Pigs) Order, 1967.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 24th day of December, 1967.

3. Subject to Article 3, the public exhibition by any person of any sheep or pig for show or sale is hereby prohibited.

4. This Order shall not apply in relation to the exhibition of a sheep or pig for show or sale at—

(a) a livestock mart licensed under section 3 of the Livestock Marts Act, 1967 (No. 20 of 1967);

(b) a market held under the Dublin Corporation (Markets) Act, 1899;

(c) any fair exempted from the provisions of this Order under a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries and which is for the time being in force.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of December, 1967.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to prohibit the presentation of sheep and pigs for sale or exhibition at fairs or shows otherwise than at a licensed livestock mart or at Dublin Cattle Market or under a special licence.