S.I. No. 182/1990:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTATION OF THE STATE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1990.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTATION OF THE STATE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1990.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 13 , 20 and 27 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 13 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 97 of 1987 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 1990.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1990.

2. The Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 ( S.I. No. 308 of 1989 ), is hereby amended--

( a ) in Article 17--

(i) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2):

"( a ) during the period of 45 days ending on the date of the movement it has given a negative result to a test, or",

and

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for subparagraph (a) of paragraph (3):

"( a ) during the period of 45 days ending on the date of the movement it has given a negative result to a test, or",

and

( b ) in Article 23 by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a) of paragraph (3):

"( a ) free animals in respect of which there are identity cards showing that the animals have passed a test within the period of 45 days ending on the date of the sale and to the left ears of which ear-tags stand attached in pursuance of this Order, or".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of July, 1990.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order reduces the validity period of the bovine tuberculosis pre-movement test to 45 days in respect of the domestic trade.