S.I. No. 165/2008 - Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restriction on Bird-Shows Or Other Events) Order 2008
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT 1966 (RESTRICTION ON BIRD-SHOWS OR OTHER EVENTS) ORDER 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th June, 2008. | ||
I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 13 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) as amended by the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 705 of 2007 )), hereby order as follows— | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restriction on bird-shows or other events) Order 2008. | ||
2. (1) A person shall not organise or hold a show, exhibition, market, sale or sporting event involving a bird that has been brought into the State either directly or across the land frontier of the State from an avian influenza control zone established in Great Britain since 4 June 2008. | ||
(2) A person should not engage in pigeon racing that commences in England other than Devon or Cornwall. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
5 June 2008 | ||
SEAMUS HEALY. | ||
Assistant Secretary General of the Department ofAgriculture, Fisheries and Food. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
This Order restricts shows sales and similar events involving birds originating from the avian influenza control zones in Great Britain. |
