National Beef Assurance Scheme Act, 2000

Continuance of officers.

30.—(1) An officer of the Minister who is an authorised officer or a veterinary inspector, or a veterinary examiner or an inspector for the purposes of any of the following Acts or regulations:

(a) Abattoirs Act, 1988 ;

(b) Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Acts, 1930 to 1988;

(c) Animal Remedies Act, 1993 ;

(d) Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 ;

(e) European Communities (Fresh Meat) Regulations, 1997;

(f) European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations, 1995;

(g) European Communities (Minced Meat and Meat Preparations) Regulations, 1996;

(h) Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act, 1955 ;

(i) Livestock Marts Act, 1967 ,

shall be deemed upon the commencement of this Act to have been appointed under this section for the purposes of this Act.

(2) A person appointed as a whole-time veterinary inspector by a local authority and authorised as an authorised officer under the Abattoirs Act, 1988 , shall be deemed upon the commencement of this Act to have been appointed under this section for the purposes of this Act.