S.I. No. 152/2001 - Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Order, 2001


I. Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 30, and in relation to Article 5 of this Order, sections 5 , 27 (a) and 28 (a), of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1999 )), hereby order as follows:

1.   This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Order, 2001.

2.   The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Restriction on Movement) (No.3) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No 62 of 2001 ), the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Restriction on Movement (No. 3) (Amendment) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 90 of 2001 ) and the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 2) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2001 ) are revoked.

3.   Each of the following Orders shall be construed as not including a reference to France, that is to say. -

(a)  the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles. Machinery and Other Equipment) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 51 of 2001 ), and

(b)  the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Horses and Greyhounds) (No. 2) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 85 of 2001 ).

4.   The Foot-and-Mouth (Restriction on Movement (No. 4) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No 63 of 2001 ) is amended by the deletion in the definition of “area” (inserted by the Foot-and-Mouth (Restriction on Movement) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No 91 of 2001 )), of “(other than the area to which the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Restriction on Movement) (No. 3) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No 62 of 2001 ) applies)”.

5.   The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Certain Animals) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 121 of 2001 ) is amended, in Article 3(1), by the deletion of “unless the animal is moved directly”.

6.   The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) Order, 2001 (S.I. 108 of 2001) is amended, in Article 2(1), by -

(a)  the substitution for the definition of “restricted areas” of the following definition -

“‘restricted areas”’ means the Kingdom of the Netherlands and

(b)  the insertion of the following definition -

“’Netherlands” means the Kingdom of the Netherlands other than the restricted areas.”.

7.   The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 4) Order, 2001 (S.I. 118 of 2001) is amended, in Article 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of “restricted areas” of the following definition —

“’restricted areas” means Great Britain and the Districts of Mourne and Newry in Northern Ireland.

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GIVEN under My Official Seal,

12 April, 2001

Joe Walsh

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The effect of this Order is:

(a)  to remove restrictions on certain imports from France imposed due to the foot-and-mouth disease situation,

(b)  to remove the “protection zone” around Proleek, Co. Louth while retaining the wider “surveillance area”,

(c)  to amend rules relating to movement of certain animals within the State, and

(d)  to amend rules relating to imports from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.