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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. 1925. No. 33.
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FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE (EMERGENCY RESTRICTIONS) ORDER OF 1925.
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ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION.
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(DATED-30TH APRIL, 1925.)
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[Extract from Iris Oifigiúil, May 8, 1925.]
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The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in them under the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1914, and of every other power enabling them in this behalf, do, with the concurrence of the Minister for Lands and Agriculture of the Irish Free State, hereby order as follows :—
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1 Cases to be certified by Veterinary Inspector.
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1.—(1) In any case where a Veterinary Inspector on inspection of an animal or the carcase of an animal on any premises is of opinion that the animal or carcase is affected with Foot-and-Mouth Disease he shall sign a certificate to that effect in the form set out in the Schedule to this Order or to the like effect and send the same to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin.
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(2) The Inspector shall forthwith by telegraph or other speedy means give notice that he has signed such a certificate, stating the place to which the certificate relates and the date and hour on which it was signed, to—
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(a) the Superintendent of any police area which is wholly or partially within five miles of the place of outbreak ; and
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(b) the station master of each railway station within 5 miles of the place of outbreak ; and
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(c) the Clerk of the Local Authority of each district in which any land within such radius of five miles is situate.
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2 Restrictions to operate immediately on Certification.
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2.—(1) Where a certificate has been signed by a Veterinary Inspector under the preceding Article it shall thereupon be unlawful for any person to move any animal out of the area lying within five miles of the place of outbreak or suspected outbreak or along, over or across a highway or thoroughfare in such area except—
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(a) where such movement is through the area by railway and the animal is not untrucked in the area ; or
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(b) where the movement, being movement entirely within the area, is necessary or expedient for the detention of the animal,
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and any person who shall move an animal or cause an animal to be moved, or be in charge of an animal while being moved, in contravention of this Article shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
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(2) An Inspector of the Department, acting in accordance with any general or special directions given by the Department, may extend the area to which the aforesaid restrictions apply so as to include the area lying within fifteen miles of the place of outbreak or suspected outbreak, by notice to that effect signed by the Inspector, and the aforesaid restrictions shall thereupon apply to the area so extended. The signing of the notice shall forthwith be notified by the Inspector to the persons specified in Article 1 (2) of this Order.
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(3) The restrictions imposed by this Article shall remain in operation until the expiration of two clear days after, but not including, the day on which the certificate is signed by the Veterinary Inspector, provided that the operation of the restrictions may be withdrawn, or extended for a period specified in the notice, by a notice to that effect signed by an Inspector of the Department acting in accordance with any general or special directions given by the Department. The signing of any such notice shall forthwith be notified by the Inspector to the persons specified in Article 1 (2) of this Order.
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(4) A person shall not be liable to conviction for the offence of moving an animal in contravention of this Article if he proves to the satisfaction of the Court that he has acted innocently, but this provision shall not affect the powers of constables under section forty-three of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
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3 Provision for movement of animals by licence.
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3. An Inspector may by licence authorise movement of animals, notwithstanding the provisions of this Order, in any case where in his opinion such movement is necessary or expedient and the movement is wholly within the area in which movement is hereby prohibited, and thereupon it shall be lawful to move the animals in accordance with the licence provided that they are accompanied by the licence.
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4 Interpretation.
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4.—For the purposes of this Order—
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(1) Distances shall be measured in a direct line.
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(2) Any farm or other premises which is partly within and partly outside a radius shall be deemed to be wholly within the radius.
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(3) The expression " animal " means a bovine animal, sheep, pig or goat. " Department " means Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction. " Veterinary Inspector " means a Veterinary Inspector of the Department ; and " Inspector " includes Veterinary Inspector.
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5 Commencement.
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5. This Order shall come into operation on the first day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
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6 Short Title.
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6. This Order may be cited as the FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE (EMERGENCY RESTRICTIONS) ORDER OF 1925.
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In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction is hereunto affixed this thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
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F, J, MEYRICK,
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I concur in the foregoing Order. Secretary.
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P. HOGAN,
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Minister for Lands and Agriculture.
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SCHEDULE.
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE.
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Emergency Restrictions) Order of 1925.
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I, a Veterinary Inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, having inspected a on the following premises, viz.:
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hereby certify that I am of opinion that the is affected with foot-and-mouth disease.
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(Signed),
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Veterinary Inspector of the Department.
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(Insert date and time of signature.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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