S.I. No. 162 of 2001

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import) Order, 2001.

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 30 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1999 )), hereby order as follows -

1.       This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import) Order, 2001.

2.       An Order specified in the schedule to this Order shall not apply to the import of an animal product from either the United Kingdom or the Netherlands where such import complies with -

(a) the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Import Restrictions) (No.3) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 108 of 2001 ), or

(b) the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Import Restrictions) (No.4) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 118 of 2001 ).

and is accompanied by a certificate or commercial document as required by either Order aforesaid.

SCHEDULE

1.       Importation of Carcases and Animal Products (Prohibition) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 201 of 1966 )

2.       Importation of Carcases and Animal Products (Prohibition) (Amendment) Order, 1989 ( S.I. No. 16 of 1989 )

3.       Importation of Carcases and Animal Products (Prohibition) (Amendment) Order, 1992 ( S.I. No. 283 of 1992 )

4.       Importation of Milk and Cream (Prohibition) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1967 )

5.       Importation of Milk and Cream (Prohibition) (Amendment) Order, 1992 ( S.I. No. 284 of 1992 )

6.       Importation of Animal Semen (Prohibition) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 299 of 1972 )

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order modifies restrictions on certain imports from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in line with Commission Decisions.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2