S.I. No 316 of 2001

The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Imports from the Netherlands) (Revocation) 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) (Restriction on Imports from the Netherlands) (Revocation) Order, 2001.

2.       The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Imports from the Netherlands) Order, 2001 ( Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Imports from the Netherlands) (Amendment) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 233 of 2001 ) are revoked.

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

(a)      in Article 3, by the substitution for “and the Netherlands are” of “is”,

(b)      in Article 4(1), by the deletion of “either” and “or the Netherlands,”,

(c)      in Article 4(5), by the deletion of “or the Netherlands”, and

(d)      in Article 5(1), by the deletion of “or the Netherlands”.

4.       The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Movement of Horses) (Amendment) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 216 of 2001 ) is amended by the deletion, in Article 2, of “or the Netherlands”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This order revokes restrictions on certain imports from the Netherlands imposed due to Foot and Mouth disease in that country.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2