S.I. No. 282/1993:

SHEEP DIPPING ORDER, 1965 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1993.

SHEEP DIPPING ORDER, 1965 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1993.

I, BRIAN O'SHEA, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 35 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as amended by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1993 ) and the Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 45 of 1993 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Sheep Dipping Order, 1965 (Amendment) Order, 1993.

(2) The Sheep Dipping Orders, 1965 to 1991, and this Order may be cited together as the Sheep Dipping Orders, 1965 to 1993.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on the 11th day of October, 1993.

2. The Sheep Dipping Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 105 of 1965 ), is hereby amended by the insertion of the following Article after Article 7:

"7A. (1) The administration by way of subcutaneous injection of remedies approved by the Minister is hereby prescribed as a treatment for sheep scab within the meaning of section 35 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), in the following areas, that is to say:

the District Electoral Divisions of Ballycomon, Ballyshear, Cappancur, Croghan, Cloneygowan, Daingean, Geashill, Hamerlane, Kilclonfert, Mountbriscoe, O'Dempsey, Portarlington (North), Rathfeston, Raheenakeeran and Bracknagh all in the County of Offaly.

(2) Where any sheep have received the treatment specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, a certificate in the form set out in the Schedule to this Article shall be issued to the owner of such sheep.

(3) Where any sheep have received the treatment aforesaid in any dipping period, Article 8 of this Order shall not apply in relation to those sheep in respect of that period."

SCHEDULE

SHEEP DIPPING ORDERS, 1965 to 1993

Certificate of Treatment for Sheep Scab

I, _______________________, being an inspector for the purposes of the Sheep Dipping Orders, 1965 to 1993, hereby certify that the sheep specified below and in the possession of the person so specified were treated by me pursuant to Article 7A of the Sheep Dipping Order, 1965, at the time and place so specified.

Signed: ____________________

Date: ____________________

GIVEN under my hand, this 28th day of September, 1993.

BRIAN O'SHEA,

` Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this order is to provide for subcutaneous injection of sheep as a prophylactic treatment of sheep scab in an area of Co. Offaly.