S.I. No. 9/1961:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1961.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1961.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of bovine tuberculosis and being satisfied that bovine tuberculosis is virtually non-existent in such area as consists of the administrative county of Galway, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, and section 2 of the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Tuberculosis) Act, 1957 (No. 14 of 1957) as amended by section 5 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1960 (No. 26 of 1960), order as follows :--

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) Order, 1961.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 20th day of January, 1961.

2. In this Order "the Principal Order" means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1960 ).

3. Article 3 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion before "Mayo" of "Galway,".

4.--(1) In the definition of "the area" contained in Article 2 of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area)(Special Controls) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 178 of 1960 ), as amended by Article 3 of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area)(Special Controls)(Amendment) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 218 of 1960 ), and Article 26 of the Principal Order "Galway," is hereby deleted.

(2) In the definition of "the area" contained in Article 3 of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area)(No. 1) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 78 of 1958 ), as amended by Article 26 of the Principal Order "Galway," is hereby deleted.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of January, 1961.

(Signed) PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, by extending the provisions of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960, declares the administrative county of Galway to be an Attested Area, i.e. an area in which the Minister is satisfied that bovine Tuberculosis is virtually non-existent, with effect from 20th January, 1961. It also (1) provides for compulsory tuberculin testing of cattle in the area in certain circumstances and prohibits testing, except with the permission of the Minister, (2) prohibits movement of cattle into the area, except under permit and specifies the classes of cattle for which such permits shall be granted, (3) regulates movement of cattle into and out of herds, (4) controls public sales of cattle in the area and (5) provides for the disposal of reactors.