S.I. No. 25/1968:

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (RESTRICTION ON THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS) ORDER, 1968.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (RESTRICTION ON THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS) ORDER, 1968.

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. (1) This Order may be cited as the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction on the Movement of Persons) Order, 1968

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the first day of February, 1968.

2. In this Order "animals" means--

( a ) cattle, goats, sheep and all other ruminating animals,

( b ) horses and all other equine animals, and

( c ) swine.

3. This Order applies to every person who arrives in the State and who at any time during the twenty-one days immediately preceding such arrival has been in any of the following places or any of the following premises (including any other land which is used in relation to the premises) being places or premises in Great Britain:

( a ) any wholesale meat market;

( b ) any premises in which meat or meat products are processed for sale other than a retail premises or a catering establishment;

( c ) any artificial insemination station;

( d ) any creamery or other premises in which milk is subjected to any process or is handled;

( e ) any cold store which is used for the storage of meat or any other animal or milk product;

( f ) any other building or any other land, on which animals were present or to which animals had access at the time when the person was in the building or on the other land;

and this Order shall continue to apply to such person for the period of twenty-one days commencing on the day after such arrival.

4. A person to whom this Order for the time being applies shall not enter any of the following places or any of the following premises (including any other land which is used in relation to the premises):

( a ) any wholesale meat market;

( b ) any premises in which meat or meat products are processed for sale other than a retail premises or a catering establishment;

( c ) any artificial insemination station;

( d ) any creamery or other premises in which milk is subjected to any process or is handled;

( e ) any cold storage which is used for the storage of meat or any other animal or milk product;

( f ) any other building or any other land, on which animals are present or to which animals have access for the time being.

5. The owner of, or any person holding a position of responsibility in or in relation to any place, premises or land mentioned in Article 4 shall not permit any person to whom this Order for the time being applies to enter the place, premises or land.

6. (1) The Foot and Mouth Disease (Restrictions on the Movement of Persons) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 266 of 1967 ), and the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction on the Movement of Persons) (Amendment) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 276 of 1967 ), are hereby revoked.

(2) In case immediately before the coming into operation of this Order the Orders mentioned in paragraph (1) applied to a person and that person would, if he had arrived in the State after the coming into operation of this Order, be a person to whom this Order applies, the said Orders shall, notwithstanding paragraph (1), continue to apply to that person in the same manner as if this Order had not been made.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of January, 1968.

` NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order

(1) provides that any person arriving in the State from Great Britain who, within the twenty-one days pror to his arrival, has been in any of the following premises or places in Great Britain is prohibited from entering any such premises in this country within twenty-one days of his arrival:--

(a) any wholesale meat market, (b) any meat processing premises, (c) any artificial insemination station, (d) any creamery or milk processing or handling premises (e) any cold store used for animal or milk products, (f) any buildings or land on which animals were present or to which animals had access;

(2) requires the owner or any person holding a position of responsibility in any of the premises or places mentioned to deny entry thereto to persons to whom the restrictions set out in the Order apply; and

(3) revokes the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction on the Movement of Persons) Order, 1967, and the Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction on the Movement of Persons) (Amendment) Order, 1967, subject to the provisions of Article 6 (2) of this Order.