S.I. No. 249/1966:

BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE (DECLARATION OF CLEARANCE AREA AND MOVEMENT CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1966.

BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE (DECLARATION OF CLEARANCE AREA AND MOVEMENT CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1966.

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of brucellosis in cattle, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), order as follows :

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis in Cattle (Declaration of Clearance Area and Movement Control) (Amendment) Order, 1966.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1966.

2. The Brucellosis in Cattle (Declaration of Clearance Area and Movement Control) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 121 of 1966 ), shall be amended as follows :

(a) in Article 3 " counties of Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo " is hereby substituted for " county of Donegal "; and

(b) in both paragraph (1) (a) (i) and paragraph (2) (a) of Article 5 " 30 days " is hereby substituted for " 10 days ".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 9th day of November, 1966.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order by amending the Brucellosis in Cattle (Declaration of Clearance Area and Movement Control) Order, 1966, declares counties Cavan, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo to be part of the Clearance Area for the purpose of eradicating brucellosis in cattle and extends to 30 days the period within which certain classes of animals entering the area must have passed a test for brucellosis prior to entry.