S.I. No. 181/1960:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (CLEARANCE AREA) (LIMERICK) ORDER, 1960.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (CLEARANCE AREA) (LIMERICK) ORDER, 1960.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of bovine tuberculosis, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, and section 2 of the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Tuberculosis) Act, 1957 (No. 14 of 1957), order as follows:--

1.--(1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (Limerick) Order, 1960.

(2) The Principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (Limerick) Orders, 1959 and 1960.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of September, 1960.

2. In this Order--

"the principal Order" means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (Limerick) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 190 of 1959 ).

3. Article 3 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion after "River Shannon" of "and that part of the county borough of Limerick lying north of the River Shannon".

4. In the application of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 4 of the Principal Order in relation to herds of cattle in that part of the county borough of Limerick lying North of the River Shannon, the references to the 1st day of January, 1960, shall be construed as references to the 5th day of September, 1960, and the reference to the 1st day of January shall be construed as a reference to the 5th day of September, and the said paragraphs shall have effect accordingly.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of August, 1960.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to declare the part of the County Borough of Limerick lying north of the River Shannon to be a clearance area, i.e. an area in which bovine tuberculosis is to be eradicated.