No. 59/1931:

DISEASES OF ANIMALS (DISINFECTION) ORDER OF 1931.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS (DISINFECTION) ORDER OF 1931.

(Dated 21st August, 1931).

The Minister for Agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in him under the Agriculture Act, 1931 , the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1914, and of every other power enabling him in this behalf, hereby orders as follows :—

1.—(1) Any provision of any Order made by the Minister under the Diseases of Animals Acts which relates to the use for disinfection of any place or thing of limewash, or of a particular disinfectant, or of one of several disinfectants, shall, after the commencement of this Order, have effect as if, for the requirement of the use of limewash or disinfectant or disinfectants specified or described in such provision, there were substituted a requirement of the use of one of the following disinfectants, hereinafter referred to as "an approved disinfectant," namely :—

(a) a five per cent. solution of standard phenol ; or

(b) a disinfectant approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Order, if used at the dilution at which such disinfectant is approved.

(2) Where, under any provision of any Order made by the Minister under the Diseases of Animals Acts, the disinfection is carried out by the use of an approved disinfectant (specified in paragraph (1) of this Article), it shall not be necessary, notwithstanding any provision in the Order, to apply limewash to the place or thing disinfected.

2.—(1) Every receptacle containing an approved disinfectant shall, before being placed on sale or delivered to a purchaser, be clearly and distinctly labelled by the manufacturer or vendor thereof in a form approved by the Minister stating the dilution at which the disinfectant is approved by the Minister, and certifying either that the disinfectant consists of standard phenol or that the contents of the receptacle are of the same quality and composition as the sample forwarded to the Department with a view to examination, and upon which the Minister's approval is based.

(2) A disinfectant contained in a receptacle marked with a label in the form required by this Article shall be deemed to be an approved disinfectant.

3. Where, under any Order of the Minister, the use of an approved disinfectant is required, the person using the disinfectant shall, if so required by an Inspector, furnish him with a sample of the disinfectant used, or permit him to take such sample, and shall furnish the Inspector with all such particulars as may be reasonably required as to the name or the composition of the disinfectant used.

4. If any disinfectant which is not approved by the Minister is falsely marked with a statement or indication that it has been so approved, or if any disinfectant purporting to be an approved disinfectant is not marked with a label as required by this Order, the manufacturer and the retailer or other person selling the disinfectant, and the person who shall have so marked the disinfectant or caused the same to be so marked, or who shall use the disinfectant knowing the same to have been falsely marked, or omitting so to mark the disinfectant, as the case may be, shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.

5. In this Order :—

"The Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture.

"The Department" means the Department of Agriculture.

"Person" includes a body corporate.

Other terms have the same meaning as in the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.

6. This Order shall come into operation on the First day of December, One thousand Nine hundred and Thirty-one.

7. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Disinfection) Order of 1931.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriculture, this Twenty-first day of August, One Thousand Nine hundred and Thirty-one.

(Signed) H. G. SMITH.