S.I. No. 248/1970 - Brucellosis in Cattle (Movement Control) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1970.

S.I. No. 248 of 1970.

BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE (MOVEMENT CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1970.

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of brucellosis in cattle, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 20 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis in Cattle (Movement Control) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1970.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of November, 1970.

2. (1) The Brucellosis in Cattle (Movement Control) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 135 of 1970 ), as amended by the Brucellosis in Cattle (Movement Control) (Amendment) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 199 of 1970 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for Article 3 (1):

" 3. (1) The provisions of this Order shall apply to such area as consists of the administrative county of Louth and such area as consists of the administrative counties of Longford, Mayo, Roscommon and Westmeath.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of October, 1970.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, by amending the Brucellosis in Cattle (Movement Control) Order, 1970, applies the provisions of that Order to counties Longford, Mayo, Roscommon, and Westmeath collectively and to county Louth separately.