S.I. No. 502 of 2001

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports from Spain) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order, 2001

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 )), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 2001/749/EC¹ , hereby order as follows:-

1.   This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports from Spain) (No.2) (Amendment) Order, 2001.

2.   The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports from Spain) (No.2) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 358 of 2001 ) is amended by the substitution for the definition of “restricted area” of -

“‘restricted area’ means the comarcas of Pla d'Urgell, Urgell and Noguera, in the province of Lerida and the autonomous region of Catalonia.”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order implements restrictions on certain imports from designated areas of Spain due to the presence of Classical Swine Fever in that country.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2

¹ O.J. L 280 of 24.10.2001, p. 6.