S.I. No. 237 of 2001

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Movement of Persons) (Amendment) Order, 2001

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 15 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No.6 of 1966) (as amended by the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 3 of 2001) and 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) (Restriction on Movement of Persons) (Amendment) Order, 2001.

2.       The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Movement of Persons) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 160 of 2001 ) ia amended -

(a)  in Article 3, the substitution for “The United Kingdom” of “Great Britain”,

(b)  in Article 4 and Article 5(1), the substitution for “the United Kingdom” of “Great Britain” in each place where it Occurs, and

(c)  the deletion of Article 4(4).

Explanatory Note

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

The effect of this Order is to amend the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Movement of Persons) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 160 of 2001 ) by the substitution for “The United Kingdom” of “Great Britain” in Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5(1), and the deletion of Article 4(4).

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin