S.I. No. 275/2001 - Foot and Mouth Disease (Prohibition of Exhibition and Sale of Animals) (Amendment) Order, 2001


I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 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 Foot and Mouth Disease (Prohibition of Exhibition and Sale of Animals) (Amendment) Order, 2001 and shall come into operation on 18th June, 2001.

2.   The Foot and Mouth Disease (Prohibition of Exhibition and Sale of Animals) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 50 of 2001 ) is amended, in Article 2, by the deletion of “bovine,”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 June, 2001

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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 to permit the presentation of bovine animals for exhibition or sale at livestock marts licensed under the Livestock Marts Act, 1967 , from 18th June, 2001