S.I. No. 192/1962:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) (No. 7) ORDER, 1962

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTED AREA) (AMENDMENT) (No. 7) ORDER, 1962

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of bovine tuberculosis and being satisfied that bovine tuberculosis is virtually non-existent in such area as consists of the administrative counties of Louth and Meath, 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. 7) Order, 1962.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 22nd day of November, 1962.

2.--(1) Article 3 of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1960 ), as amended by the Orders specified in the next paragraph, is hereby further amended by the insertion after " and the remaining part of the administrative county of Westmeath " of " and the administrative counties of Louth and Meath ".

(2) The Orders referred to in the foregoing paragraph are the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 9 of 1961 ), the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 17 of 1961 ), the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 29 of 1961 ), the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 156 of 1961 ), and the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) (Amendment) (No. 6) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 169 of 1962 ).

3. The Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 38 of 1961 ), and the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (Special Controls) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 87 of 1962 ), shall, in so far as they apply to the administrative counties of Louth and Meath, cease to have effect.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of November, 1962.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, by extending the provisions of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attested Area) Order, 1960, as amended, declares the administrative counties of Louth and Meath to be an Attested Area, i.e., an area in which the Minister is satisfied that bovine tuberculosis is virtually non-existent, with effect from 22nd November, 1962. It also (1) prohibits the tuberculin testing of cattle in the area except with the permission of the Minister, (2) prohibits the movement of cattle into the area, except under permit, and specifies the classes of cattle for which such permits shall be granted, (3) regulates the movement of cattle into and out of herds in the area, (4) controls public sales of cattle in the area, (5) requires, in certain circumstances, the surrender to the Department of identity cards and ear-tags relating to cattle, and (6) provides for the disposal of reactors.