S.I. No. 29/1961:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) ORDER, 1961.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) 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 counties of Leitrim and Roscommon and that part of the administrative county of Westmeath lying west of the River Shannon, 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) (No. 3) Order, 1961.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 13th day of February, 1961.

2.--(1) Article 3 of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1960 ), as amended by the Orders specified in the next paragraph, is hereby further amended by the insertion after "Shannon" of "and the administrative counties of Leitrim and Roscommon and that part of the administrative county of Westmeath lying west of the River Shannon".

(2) The Orders referred to in the foregoing paragraph are the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 9 of 1961 ), and the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 17 of 1961 ).

3. The following paragraph is hereby substituted for paragraph (1) of Article 3 of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Areas) (Westmeath). Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1960 ):

"(1) Such area as consists of that part of the administrative. county of Westmeath lying west of the River Inny is hereby declared to be an area in which bovine tuberculosis is to be eradicated."

4. The Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (No. 1) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 78 of 1958 ), and the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (Special Controls) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 178 of 1960 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of February, 1961.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, by extending the provisions of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960, declares the administrative counties of Leitrim and Roscommon and that part of the administrative county of Westmeath lying west of the River Shannon 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 13th February, 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.