S.I. No. 159/1961:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1961.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (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, 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. l4 of 1957), order as follows:--

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

(2) The Bovine Tuberculosis (General Provisions) Orders, 1957 and 1960, and this Order may be cited together as the Bovine Tuberculosis (General Provisions) Orders, 1957 and 1961.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1961.

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

3. The Bovine Tuberculosis (General Provisions) Order, 1957 ( S.I. No. 219 of 1957 ), is hereby amended by the addition to Article 3 of the following paragraph:

"(6) (a) No person shall--

(I) give to, or introduce into the body of, an animal any substance, or

(II) carry out any process or operation (including the making or obliterating of a mark) on, or apply any treatment (including treatment for inducing, reducing or preventing swelling) to the body of an animal,

for the purpose of affecting the accuracy of any test of the animal for tuberculosis pursuant to the Act or any Order made thereunder.

(b) It shall be the duty of the person in charge, whether as owner or otherwise, of an animal to take such care of the animal as will ensure that subparagraph (a) of this paragraph is not contravened in relation to the animal."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of July, 1961.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prohibits interference with an animal for the purpose of affecting the accuracy of a tuberculin test and requires the owner or person in charge of the animal to ensure that no such interference takes place.