S.I. No. 139/1971 - Poultry, Poultry Carcases, Poultry Eggs and Poultry Products (Restriction on Importation) Order, 1971.

S.I. No. 139 of 1971.

POULTRY, POULTRY CARCASES, POULTRY EGGS AND POULTRY PRODUCTS (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION) ORDER, 1971.

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 30 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as extended by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 and 1971, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Poultry, Poultry Carcases, Poultry Eggs and Poultry Products (Restrictions on Importation) Order, 1971.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 19th day of April, 1971.

2. In this Order—

"poultry" means birds of a kind specified in Part II of the First Schedule to the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as amended by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1968 ( S.I. No. 231 of 1968 ), and the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 137 of 1971 ) ;

"poultry carcases" means carcases of poultry or parts of carcases of poultry and includes raw feathers;

"poultry eggs" means eggs of poultry or parts of eggs of poultry whether fresh, dried or otherwise preserved;

"poultry products" means products whether uncooked, cooked or otherwise processed and derived wholly or in part from poultry carcases.

3. The importation of poultry, poultry carcases, poultry eggs and poultry products is hereby prohibited save under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

4. The Poultry, Poultry Carcases, Poultry Eggs and Poultry Products (Restriction on Importation) Order, 1969 ( S.I. No. 177 of 1969 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 8th day of April, 1971.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prohibits the importation, except under licence, of poultry, poultry eggs, poultry carcases and products derived wholly or in part from poultry carcases. For purposes of the Order poultry means domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, partridges, pheasants, grouse, pigeons, doves, peafowl, swans, plover, quail, owls, birds of the orders Falconiformes, Passeriformes, Piciformes and Psittaciformes.

This Order also revokes the Poultry, Poultry Carcases, Poultry Eggs and Poultry Products (Restriction on Importation) Order, 1969.