S.I. No. 68/1933 - County Dublin (Special Dipping Area) Sheep Dipping Order, 1933.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1933. No. 68.

COUNTY DUBLIN (SPECIAL DIPPING AREA) SHEEP DIPPING ORDER, 1933.

(No. 130.)

ORDER OF THE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE.

(Dated 5th May, 1933.)

The Minister for Agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in him by the joint operation of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), and the Diseases of Animals (Ireland) Acts, 1894 to 1932, and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling hereby orders as follows :—

1 Short Title and Commencement.

1. (1) This Order may be cited for all purposes as the County Dublin (Special Dipping Area) Sheep Dipping Order, 1933.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the eighth day of May, 1933.

2 Application of Interpretation Act, 1923 .

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3 Definition.

3. In this Order—

The expression " the Act of 1894 " means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 ;

the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Agriculture,

the expression " approved Sheep Dip " means a sheep dip approved by the Minister, for Sheep Scab and sheep dipping ;

" Inspector " includes Veterinary Inspector ;

" sheep " includes lambs ;

" owner " includes a joint owner ;

other terms have the same meaning as in the Act of 1894 and the Acts amending same.

4 Application of Order.

4. (1) This Order shall apply to the area described in the Schedule hereto, hereinafter referred to as the Special Dipping Area.

(2) While this Order remains in operation the area described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to form part of "the Dipping Area" to which the provisions of the Sheep Dipping (Ireland) Order of 1915 apply.

(3) Where any farm or holding is situate partly within and partly without the Special Dipping Area the provisions of this Order shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other Order of the Minister, apply to the farm or holding and the sheep thereon as if the whole farm or holding were in such area.

5 Return by Owners of Sheep in Special Dipping Area.

5. The owner of any sheep brought into the Special Dipping Area on or after the eighth day of May, 1933 shall, within four days after the date of movement of the sheep into such Area, deliver or cause to be delivered by post or otherwise to the Gárda Síochána at the nearest Gárda Síochána Station in the Gárda Síochána district in which the sheep are located a return showing the name and description of the farm or holding or other premises on which the sheep are, together with the description and the number of such sheep so far as such description and number can reasonably be ascertained.

6 Dipping of all Sheep in Special Dipping Area.

6. (1) All sheep in the Special Dipping Area on and after the eighth day of May, 1933, shall be dipped by the owner or person in charge of the sheep on such dates, under such conditions and at such dipping places as shall be required by a notice signed by an Inspector and served by post or otherwise on the owner or person in charge of the sheep referred to in the notice.

(2) Sheep dipped under this Article shall be dipped by a thorough immersion in an approved sheep dip of the whole sheep (including the head and ears). The said immersion, except as regards the head and ears of the sheep shall be for a period of not less than one minute.

(3) All sheep after having been dipped shall, where practicable, be kept isolated from sheep which have not been so dipped.

7 Powers of Entry and Examination.

7. (1) For the purposes of this Order an Inspector of the Minister or of the Local Authority may subject to the direction of the authority appointing the Inspector, enter any premises within the Special Dipping Area and examine any sheep thereon, and such powers of entry and examination shall be in addition to any other like powers vested in the Inspector.

(2) The owner and the person in charge of any sheep in the Special Dipping Area shall comply with all reasonable requirements of the Inspector as to the collection and penning of such sheep and afford all other reasonable facilities for the examination of such sheep by the Inspector.

8 Clipping Before Dipping

8. A sheep shall not be deemed to have been dipped in accordance with the requirements of this Order unless it has been previously clipped in the current year but this provision shall not apply to lambs less than nine months old.

9 Restrictions on Movement of Sheep out of the Special Dipping Area.

9. (1) Sheep shall not be moved out of the Special Dipping Area unless they are accompanied by a licence authorising such movement granted by an Inspector.

(2) Before granting a licence under this Article the Inspector concerned shall satisfy himself by due examination and enquiry that all the sheep in respect of which the licence is sought are free from Sheep Scab and that they are intended for immediate slaughter and are to be moved direct to a slaughterhouse.

(3) A licence for movement under this Article shall specify the slaughterhouse to which the sheep are to be taken and the route by which they are to be moved. The Licence shall be available for three days and no longer, and shall specify the time within which the sheep must be slaughtered after their arrival at the slaughterhouse.

(4) Sheep moved under this article shall be moved direct to the specified slaughterhouse and shall not be moved therefrom and shall be kept separate from other sheep.

10 Disinfection.

10. The occupier of any premises in the Special Dipping Area shall, if so required by a notice served on him by an Inspector, disinfect, at his own expense, and to the satisfaction of the Inspector any building, pen or like enclosure on the premises, which has been used for sheep.

11 General Provision as to Movement.

11. Sheep in the Special Dipping Area, while being moved with a licence under this Order, shall be kept as far as practicable separate from all sheep in such Area which are not being moved with such a licence.

12 Provision for Movement through Special Dipping Area.

12. For the purposes of this Order, sheep shall not be deemed to be in the Special Dipping Area or to be moved out of such Area:

(i) where they are moved through such Area by a road vehicle from a place outside that Area to another place outside that Area without unnecessary delay and without the sheep being unloaded within that Area ; or

(ii) where they are walked through such Area by road from a place outside that Area to another place outside that Area provided that such movement is authorised by a licence granted by an Inspector.

13 Restriction on Movement of Sheep not Dipped.

13. Where any sheep in the Special Dipping Area shall not have been dipped as required by this Order an Inspector may, without prejudice to any proceedings for the offence, serve the owner or person in charge of the sheep and the owner or person in charge of any sheep then in contact with the undipped sheep with a notice requiring the dipping of the sheep described in the notice and prohibiting their movement from the farm, holding, or other place where they are at the time the notice is served until all the sheep shall have been dipped, after the service of the notice, in the presence and to the satisfaction of the Inspector or have been slaughtered, and thereupon if shall be unlawful for the owner or person in charge of the sheep to move the sheep or permit the sheep to be moved in contravention of the notice.

14 Production of Licences, Names, and Addresses.

14. (1) Any person in charge of a sheep being moved where under this Order a licence is necessary, shall, on demand of an Inspector or a member of the Gárda Síochána, produce and show to him the licence, if any, authorising the movement, and shall allow it to be read and a copy of or extract from it to be taken by the person to whom it is produced.

(2) Any person so in charge shall, on demand as aforesaid give his name and address to the Inspector or member of the Gárda Síochána.

15 Local Authority to enforce Order.

15. Without prejudice to Section 43 (1) of the Act of 1894 the provisions of this Order shall be executed and enforced by the Local Authority.

16 Offences.

16. Any person committing or aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any breach of the provisions of this Order is liable, on summary conviction, to the penalties provided by the Act of 1894.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriture this fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty-three.

(Signed) F. J. MEYRICK.

SCHEDULE.

SPECIAL DIPPING AREA.

So much of the Administrative County of Dublin as lies within the following boundaries:—

The road running North from Glencullen Bridge through Glencullen Cross, along the Ballyedmunduff Road, past the quarries at tire Three Rock Mountain to Ticknock Cross, then West to Harold's (range Cross and Kilmashogue Cross, then North to Whitechurch Cross, then West along Taylor's Lane to Ballyboden, then South to Ballyboden Bridge, then Westward by the Scholarstown and Knocklyon Road to the Gate Lodge of Sallypark, then South along the Ballycullen Road to the gate of Orlagh College, then South-East along the Gunney Road to the Kilakee Road, thence to Glencree Cross, then East along the road at the foot of Cruagh Mountain and then South-East along the Pine Forest Road to where it crosses the Glencullen River at the Boundary between Ballybrack and Tibradden then along the Glencullen River to Glencullen Bridge.