S.I. No. 382/2001 - Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Certain Animals) (No. 2) (Third Amendment) Order, 2001

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 5 , 27 (a) and 28 (a) 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 )), hereby order as follows:

1.       This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Certain Animals) (No. 2) (Third Amendment) Order, 2001 and shall come into operation on 26th July, 2001.

2.       The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Certain Animals) (No. 2) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 308 of 2001 ) is amended, in Article 3(5), (inserted by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Certain Animals) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 315 of 2001 )) by the insertion after “mart” of “or a breeding ewe or a ram between separate holdings”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to allow movement of breeding ewes and rams between holdings without licence.