S.I. No. 157/1948:

SHEEP DIPPING ORDER, 1948.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDER, 1948.

I, JAMES M. DILLON, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the joint operation of the Agriculture Acts, 1931 to 1944, and the Diseases of Animals (Ireland) Acts, 1894 to 1945, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :--

1. (i) This Order may be cited as the Sheep Dipping Order, 1948.

(ii) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1948.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this Order.

3. In this Order--

the expression " the Principal Order " means the Sheep Dipping Order, 1937 ( S. R. & O. No. 169 of 1937 ) ;

the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Agriculture ;

the expression " approved ' Single-Dipping ' type sheep dip " means a sheep dip approved for the time being as a " Single-Dipping " type sheep dip by the Minister for the purposes of the Principal Order as amended by this order.

4. Where under and in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Order or of any notice or requisition issued under the Principal Order or of any regulation made by a Local Authority under that Order, any sheep are required to be or to have been double-dipped, it shall be sufficient compliance with such requirement if they are or have been dipped once in a sheep bath of approved " Single-Dipping " type sheep dip.

5. Where in the Principal Order or in any Regulation made by a Local Authority under that Order, the owner or person in charge of any sheep is required to give notice of his intention to dip sheep, he shall, if it is intended to dip the sheep in a sheep bath of approved " Single Dipping " type sheep dip, also give notice in like manner that he intends to use such a dip.

6. Where approved " Single Dipping " type sheep dip is used for the dipping of sheep, the following shall apply in lieu of Article 14 of the Principal Order :--

Where sheep are dipped in accordance with the Principal Order as amended by this Order in the presence of an inspector, he shall give the person in possession or in charge of such sheep a certificate in Form F in the Schedule hereto that such sheep were dipped, and when such person declares to such inspector that he was not at the time of such dipping in possession or in charge of any sheep other than those so dipped such Inspector shall state on such certificate that such person has made such declaration.

7. The forms set out in the Schedule to this Order shall respectively be substituted for Forms A, B, E, F, G and H set out in the First Schedule to the Principal Order.

8. This Order and the Principal Order may be cited together as the Sheep Dipping Orders, 1937 and 1948.

SCHEDULE

Form A.

FORM OF DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY SHEEP MOVED INTO A MARKET, FAIR OR SALEYARD DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1st SEPTEMBER TO 31st OCTOBER IN ANY YEAR.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDERS, 1937 AND 1948.

I, .................................................. of .................................................. in the County of .................................. do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare :--

(a) that I am the person in possession of the undermentioned sheep* that I am the person in charge of the under-mentioned sheep as agent for ..................................... of ........................................ in the County of .................................. who has authorised me to make this declaration ;

(b) that the said sheep were double-dipped† at a time subsequent to the thirty-first day of July last in accordance with provisions of the above-mentioned Orders by the under-mentioned persons ;

(c) the statements of facts in this declaration are of facts within my knowledge or are based on information received from...............................................‡ of............................................................ ...

Signed .............................................

Date................................................

* Strike out the inappropriate words.

† Strike out the word " double " if " Single Dipping " type sheep dip used.

‡ Here insert particulars of source of information or if statements are of your own knowledge strike out words after " knowledge."

Form B.

FORM OF DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY SHEEP BROUGHT INTO THE STATE TO A MARKET, FAIR OR SALEYARD.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDERS, 1937 AND 1948.

I, .................................................. of .................................................. in the County of ................................... do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare :--

(a) that I am the person in possession of the under-mentioned sheep*; that I am the person in charge of the under-mentioned sheep as agent for ..................................... of ........................................ in the County of .................................. who has authorised me to make this declaration ;

(b) that the persons specified in this declaration dipped the said sheep at a date later than the 31st day of July last before such sheep were brought into the State and in such a manner as would in the State be double-dipping† under the above-mentioned Orders ;

(c) the statements of facts in this declaration are of facts within my knowledge or are based on information received from................................................‡ ... of................................................

Signed .................................................

Date....................................................

* Strike out the inappropriate words.

† Strike out the word " double " if " Single Dipping " type sheep dip used.

‡ Here insert particulars of source of information or if statements are of your own knowledge strike out words after " knowledge."

Form E.

RETURN OF DIPPING OF SHEEP NOT CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF AN INSPECTOR.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDERS, 1937 AND 1948.

I,.................................................. of .................................................. in the County of..................................do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare :--

(a) that I am the person in possession of the under-mentioned sheep* that I am the person in charge of the under-mentioned sheep as agent for.....................................of ........................................in the County of..................................who has authorised me to make this declaration ;

(b) that all under-mentioned sheep not exempted from dipping, have been double-dipped† in accordance with the above-mentioned Orders since the thirty-first day of July last by thorough immersion in a sheep bath made from sheep dip, approved by the Minister for Agriculture, for sheep scab ;

(c) the particulars of such dippings set out below are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signed...................................................

Dated....................................................

PARTICULARS OF DIPPINGS

‡ PARTICULARS OF EXEMPTIONS

Note.--This return is required to be made at any time after the sheep are once dipped, if " Single Dipping " type sheep dip is used, or double-dipped, if any other type of sheep dip is used, and before the expiration of one month from the end of the dipping period in which the dipping took place.

* Strike out the inappropriate alternative.

† Strike out the word "double," if "Single Dipping " type sheep dip used.

‡ If there are no exemptions this to be stated.

Form F.

CERTIFICATE BY INSPECTOR AS TO DIPPING OF SHEEP.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDERS, 1937 AND 1948.

Form G.

NOTICE TO DIP.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDERS, 1937 AND 1948.

To.................................... of..................................... a person in possession or charge of the under-mentioned sheep.

Take Notice that I,.........................................an Inspector of the Local Authority for the County of..................................require you to dip, within the meaning of the above-mentioned Orders, the under-mentioned sheep by dipping them at........................................on the.............day of.................................between the hours of...............and at...............on the...............day of......................................between the hours of..................or, if you use an approved " Single Dipping " type sheep dip, by dipping them at......................................on the.............day of......................... 19......between the hours of...............................

And take notice that it is not lawful for any person to move the under-mentioned sheep from* .............................................until this notice has been complied with.

Signed.....................................................

Dated......................................................

* Land where sheep are,

Form H.

DIPPING REQUISITION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDERS, 1937 AND 1948.

To..................................................... of..................................................a person in possession or charge of the under-mentioned sheep.

You are hereby required to dip, within the meaning of the above-mentioned Orders, the under-mentioned sheep in the presence of an Inspector

(a) at.............on the.............day of......................... 19......between the hours of...................and at......................................on the ............day of............................... 19......between the hours of.........................

(b) or, if you use an approved " Single Dipping " type sheep dip, at..................on the............day of............................ 19...between the hours of.........................

The dipping required by this requisition shall be in addition to*; shall be lieu of the dipping required by the above Orders.

By Order of the Local Authority.

Signed.............................................

Clerk

Dated..............................................

* Strike out the inappropriate words.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 30th day of April

(Signed) JAMES M. DILLON

Minister for Agriculture.