S.I. No. 179/2001 - Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) (Amendment) Order, 2001

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 30 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1999 )), to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, hereby order as follows:-

1.       This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) (Amendment) Order, 2001.

2.       The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 108 of 2001 ) is amended, in Article 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of “restricted areas” (inserted by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 152 of 2001 )), of the following definition -

“‘restricted areas’ means -

(a)  the provinces of Groningen, Frieslan, Drenthe, Flevoland, Overijsel,

(b)  that part of the province of Gelderland situated north of the river Rhine-Waal-Merwede between the border with Germany and the border with the province of Zuid-Holland, and

(c)  that part of the province of Utrecht that lies east of the Highway A 27.”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order provides for restrictions having regard to the evolving Foot and Mouth Disease situation in the Netherlands.