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1925. No. 36.ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION.
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ANIMALS (TRANSIT AND GENERAL) AMENDMENT ORDER OF 1925
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(Dated 30th June, 1925.)
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[Extract from Iris Oifigiúil, July 7, 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 joint operation of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, and of 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, hereby Order :—
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1 Amendment of Part II. (Cleansing and Disinfection) of Animals (Transit and General) (Ireland) Order of 1913.
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1. On and from the fifteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the provisions of this Order shall apply, instead of the provisions of Articles 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28 (Part II.) of the Animals (Transit and General) (Ireland) Order of 1913, to the cleansing and disinfection of railway and other vehicles, and pens and other places used for or in connection with the conveyance in Saorstát Eireann of animals by land.
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2 Trucks, Etc.
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2. (1) A railway truck or other railway vehicle (not being a horse-box or guard's van) used for animals on a railway shall, on every occasion after an animal is taken out of it, and before any other animal or any fodder or litter, or anything intended to be used for or about animals, is placed in it, be disinfected, cleansed, and again disinfected as follows :—
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(i) The floor, roof, and sides of the inside of the truck, and the sides, ends, and fittings of the outside of the truck, and all other parts thereof with which any animal, or its droppings or other excretions have come in contact shall be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Such parts shall then be scraped and swept, and the scrapings and sweepings, and all dung, sawdust, litter and other matter shall be effectually removed therefrom ; then the same parts of the truck shall be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water ; and then be again disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
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(ii) A railway truck or other railway vehicle (not being a horse-box or guard's van) intended to be used for animals on a railway, shall, if it has been used for any purpose other than the carriage of animals, be disinfected, cleansed and again disinfected in the above manner before it is used for animals.
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(2) A horse-box used for an animal on a railway shall—on every occasion after an animal is taken out of it, and before any other animal, or any fodder or litter, or anything intended to be used for or about animals, is placed in it—be disinfected, cleansed, and again disinfected in the manner described in paragraph (I) (i) of this Article, except that such process need not be applied to the sides, ends, and fittings of the outside of the horse-box unless such parts have been soiled by the droppings or other excretions of the animals.
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(3) The scrapings and sweepings of any truck or other vehicle which is required to be cleansed under this Article, and all dung, sawdust, litter, and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime, and effectually removed from contact with animals, or be effectually destroyed by fire.
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3 Vans and Floats used for Diseased or Suspected Animals.
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3. (1) A van, float or other vehicle used for removing animals by road shall, on every occasion after a diseased or suspected animal is taken out of it, and as soon as practicable, and before any other animal or any fodder or litter, or anything intended to be used for or about animals, is placed in it, be disinfected, cleansed and again disinfected as follows :—
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(i) The floor of the van or float, and all other parts thereof with which any animal or its droppings or other excretions have come in contact shall be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. The said parts shall then be scraped and swept, and the scrapings and sweepings, and all dung, sawdust, litter, and other matter shall be effectually removed therefrom ; then
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(ii) The same parts of the van, float or other vehicle shall be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water ; and then be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
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(2) The scrapings and sweepings of the van, float or other vehicle, and all dung, sawdust, litter and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime, and effectually removed from contact with animals, or be effectually destroyed by fire.
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4 Pens.
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4. (1) Every pen or other place and any hurdles or fittings thereon, being in, about, near, or on a station, building, or land of a railway company, and used or intended to be used by or by permission of a railway company or otherwise for the reception or keeping of animals before, after, or in course of their transit by railway, shall be cleansed and disinfected, either on each day on which it is used and after it has been used, or at some time not later than twelve o'clock at noon of the next following day and before it is used on such next following day. Provided that, where such user is on a Saturday, the Monday following shall be considered to be the next following day for such purpose.
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(2) Every such pen or other place and any hurdles or fittings thereon shall be disinfected, cleansed and again disinfected as follows :—
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(i) All parts of the pen or other place and any hurdles or fittings thereon with which any animal or its droppings or other excretions have come in contact shall be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Such parts shall then be scraped and swept, and the scrapings and sweepings, and all dung, sawdust, litter, and other matter shall be effectually removed therefrom ; then
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(ii) The same parts of the pen or other place and any hurdles or fittings thereon shall be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water ; and then be again disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
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(3) The scrapings and sweepings of the pen or other place, and all dung, sawdust, litter, and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime, and effectually removed from contact with animals, or be effectually destroyed by fire.
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(4) The railway company on whose premises any pen or other place to which this article applies is situated shall keep the floor of such pen or other place and any hurdles or fittings thereon in such a condition as to enable them to be properly disinfected and cleansed as required by this Article.
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(5) The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction may, by notice served upon the railway company, prohibit the use for animals of any such pen or place in respect of which the said Department is not satisfied that the floor, hurdles, or fittings thereon are in a condition to enable the same to be properly disinfected and cleansed as required by this Article, and thereupon it shall not be lawful for any person to use any such pen or place for animals until the notice has been withdrawn by a further notice issued by the said Department.
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5 Special Disinfection of Pens, Trucks, etc., in certain cases.
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5. Where an Inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction has reason to believe that a diseased or suspected animal has been in or upon any railway truck or other railway vehicle, or any pen or other place on the premises of a railway company, he may, by notice served upon the railway company, upon those premises the truck or vehicle is at the time of the service of such notice, or, in the case of a pen or place, upon the company on whose premises the same is situate, require such truck, vehicle, pen, or place to be specially disinfected in such manner as he may prescribe in the notice, in addition to the disinfection required under the preceding Articles of this Order.
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6 Disinfection prescribed in specified cases.
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6. The prescribed manner of disinfection to be adopted in the case of any place or thing or part of a place or thing required to be disinfected under this Order or under any regulation of a Local Authority made hereunder, is as follows—
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The place or thing, or the part thereof, required to be disinfected shall be thoroughly coated or washed with
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(a) a one per cent. (minimum) solution of chloride of lime containing not less than thirty per cent. of available chlorine ; or
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(b) a four per cent. (minimum) solution of carbolic acid (containing not less than ninety-five per cent. of actual carbolic acid) ; or
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(c) a disinfectant equal in disinfective efficiency to the above-mentioned solution of carbolic acid.
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7 Offences.
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7. If anything is done, or omitted to be done, in contravention of any of the provisions of this Order, the railway company carrying the animals or other goods on or owning or working the railway on which they are carried—and the owner and the lessee and the occupier of the pen or other place, and the person using the van or float in which—and the owner and the lessee and the occupier of any other place or thing in respect of which—anything is so done or omitted (as the case may be), shall, each according to and in respect of his or their own acts or omissions, be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894.
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8 Interpretation.
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8. Terms in this Order have the same meaning as in the Animals (Transit and General) (Ireland) Order of 1913.
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9 Short Title, Etc.
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9. This Order may be cited as the Animals (Transit and General) Amendment Order of 1925, and shall be read with the Animals (Transit and General) (Ireland) Order of 1913.
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IN WITNESS whereof the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction have hereunto set their Official Seal, this thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
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F. J. MEYRICK.
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Secretary.
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I concur in the foregoing Order.
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P. HOGAN,
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Minister for Agriculture.
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