S.I. No. 168/1987:

BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1987.

BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1987.

I, MICHAEL O' KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 13 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 97 of 1987 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 1987.

(2) The collective citation the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Orders, 1980 to 1987, shall include this Order.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1987.

2. The Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 286 of 1980 ), is hereby amended--

(a) in Article 17 by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (2):

"(2) The identity cards or permits relating to eligible animals exposed at any sale shall show that the animals have passed a test within the period of sixty days ending on the date of the sale.";

(b) in Article 18 by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (c) in paragraph (1).

"(c ) the date of the test as specified in such card or permit is a day not more than 60 days prior to the day on which the animal is so moved".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of June, 1987.

MICHAEL O' KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the validity period of the Brucellosis pre-movement test from thirty to sixty days in respect of the domestic trade.