S.I. No. 60/1989:

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1989.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1989.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 11 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 Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1989.

(2) The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1986, and this Order may be cited together as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1989.

2. In this Order--

"the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966);

"the First Schedule" means the First Schedule to the Act, as amended by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1986.

3. For all the purposes of the Act, the First Schedule is hereby amended by the insertion in Part III thereof at the end of Class A of the following:

"26. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of March, 1989.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and

Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the definition of "disease" in the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 to include Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.