S.I. No. 310/1967:

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE ORDER, 1956 (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1967.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE ORDER, 1956 (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1967.

I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), hereby, for the prevention of the spreading of foot and mouth disease, order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Foot and Mouth Disease Order, 1956 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1967.

2. The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order, 1956 ( S.I. No. 324 of 1956 ), shall be amended as follows:

(a) Article 6 (1) is hereby amended by the substitution for "on inspection of an animal or carcase is of opinion that the animal or carcase is affected with foot-and-mouth disease, he shall sign a certificate to that effect (in the Form A set out in the Second Schedule to this Order) and "of the following:

"either--

(a) on inspection of an animal or carcase is of opinion that the animal or carcase is affected with foot-and-mouth disease, he shall sign a certificate to that effect (in the Form A set out in the Schedule to this Order), or

(b) has reason to believe that an outbreak or a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred at a place in Northern Ireland which is less than five miles distant from any place in the State, he shall sign a certificate to that effect (in the Form AA set out in the Second Schedule to this Order)

and"; and

(b) the following is hereby inserted after Form A in the Second Schedule thereto:

"FORM AA.

ARTICLE 6.

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 .

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order, 1956.

Certificate.

I,    , being a veterinary inspector hereby certify that I have reason to believe that an outbreak/a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease occurred on the  day of  , , at   in the county of

Signed

Veterinary Inspector.

(Insert date and time of signature)".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of December, 1967.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that where an outbreak or a suspected outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs in Northern Ireland within five miles of the Land Frontier a veterinary inspector may sign a certificate enabling appropriate restrictions to be applied in those areas in the State which are within five miles of the place where the outbreak or suspected outbreak occurred.