S.I. No. 228/1961:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) (No. 5) ORDER, 1961.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) (No. 5) ORDER, 1961.

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), as amended by section 5 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1960 (No. 26 of 1960), order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order, 1961.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 16th day of October, 1961.

2. In this Order "the Principal Order" means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1960 ).

3. Article 14 of the Principal Order is hereby amended--

(i) by the deletion of subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1);

(ii) by the substitution for subparagraph (d) of paragraph (1) of the following subparagraph:

" (d) the owner of the cattle shall make (and shall produce to a veterinary inspector or authorised officer, on request) a record with respect to such cattle indicating the tattoo marks and ear-tag numbers of each animal, the date and manner of disposal and the name, address and herd number under the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme of the person acquiring each animal.";

(iii) by the substitution for paragraph (3) of the following paragraph:

" (3) In this Article ` Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme ' means the scheme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis which was initiated by the Minister in September, 1954."

4. Paragraph (1) of Article 16 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion after "area" of "to an attested herd or a sale of attested animals or for export".

5. The Principal Order is hereby amended by the addition of the following Article:

" 27. (1) Where an animal in respect of which an identity card has been issued by the Minister is sold or otherwise disposed of within the area, the owner or person in charge shall, at the time of the sale or disposal, give the identity card to the person acquiring the animal, or his agent.

(2) Where an animal in respect of which an identity card has been issued by the Minister dies or is slaughtered within the area, the owner or person in charge shall--

(a) retain the identity card and any ear-tag which had been inserted in the animal,

(b) on demand made by an authorised officer, surrender to him the identity card and any such ear-tag.

(3) Where an animal in respect of which an identity card has been issued by the Minister is moved out of the area (otherwise than to an attested herd or a sale of attested animals or for export) the owner or person in charge shall, before the expiration of the day next following the day of such movement, either--

(a) send the identity card by post to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Dublin, or

(b) send by post or deliver the identity card to the veterinary officer in charge of any district office established for the purposes of the administration of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme.

(4) In this Article ` Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme ' means the scheme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis which was initiated by the Minister in September, 1954."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of October, 1961.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that where an attested animal from a herd in the Attested Area--

(a) is sold or otherwise disposed of within the Area, its identity card must be given to the person acquiring the animal, or

(b) dies or is slaughtered within the Area, or is moved out of the Area, otherwise than under attested conditions, the identity card and any ear-tag on the animal (in the case of an animal which dies or is slaughtered) must be surrendered to the Department.

The Order also amends in minor respects the provisions of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960, relating to movement of animals out of approved premises and movement out of the Area.