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1925. No. 35.ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION.
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EPIZOOTIC ABORTION ORDER OF 1925.
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(Dated 14th May, 1925).
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[Extract from Iris Oifigiúil, May 26, 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, hereby order as follows :—
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1 Extension of certain Sections of Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
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1. Epizootic abortion of bovine animals shall be a disease for the purposes of the following sections of the Act of 1894 (namely) :—
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Section forty-three (Police) ;
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Section forty-four (General Administrative Provisions);
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and also for the purposes of all other sections of the said Act containing provisions relative to or consequent on the provisions of those sections and this Order, including such sections as relate to offences and legal proceedings.
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2 Prohibition of Exposure in Markets, etc.
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2. It shall not be lawful for any person to expose or cause to be exposed in any market, fairground, or saleyard, a cow or a heifer which to his knowledge, or according to information furnished to him, has calved prematurely within the two months immediately preceding such exposure.
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3 Prohibition of Sale without Notification.
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3. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, or cause to be sold, a cow or heifer which to his knowledge, or according to information furnished to him, has calved prematurely within the two months immediately preceding such sale, unless before the sale he shall have given to the purchaser notice in writing of such premature calving.
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4 Prohibition of Service without Notification.
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4. It shall not be lawful for any person to send or cause to be sent to any bull for service a cow or heifer which to his knowledge, or according to information furnished to him, has calved prematurely within the two months immediately preceding, unless before the service he shall have given notice in writing of such premature calving to the owner of the bull.
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5 Prohibition of Turning out on Common or Unfenced Land or of Grazing on Highway.
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5. It shall not be lawful for any person to cause or permit a cow or heifer which to his knowledge, or according to information furnished to him, has calved prematurely within the two months immediately preceding, to graze
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(a) on any common or uninclosed land, or
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(b) in a field or other inclosed space not so fenced as to prevent cattle entering or escaping from the field or place, or
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(c) on the side of a highway, or
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(d) on any land on which there are cattle which are not the property of the owner of the cow or heifer.
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6 Offences.
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6. If anything is done or omitted to be done in contravention of this Order, the owner and person in charge of the animal in respect of which, as the case may be, the same is done, or omitted to be done, shall, each according to and in respect of his own acts and defaults, be deemed guilty of an offence against the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
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7 Local Authority to Enforce Order.
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7. This Order shall be executed and enforced by the Local Authority.
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8 Commencement.
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8. This Order shall come into operation on the Second day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
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9 Short Title.
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9. This Order may be cited as the Epizootic Abortion 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 14th day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
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H. G. SMITH,
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On behalf of the Secretary.
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I concur in the foregoing Order.
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P. HOGAN,
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Minister for Lands and Agriculture.
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