S.I. No. 97/1995:

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1995.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1995.

I, IVAN YATES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 11 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1993 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1995.

(2) The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1995, and this Order may be cited together as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1995.

2. In this Order--

"the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966);

"the First Schedule" means the First Schedule to the Act, as amended by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1995.

3. For all the purposes of the Act, the First Schedule is hereby amended by the insertion at the end of Part I thereof of the following:

"10. Animals of a kind, species or order other than those specified in entry nos. 1-- 9 above.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of April, 1995.

IVAN YATES,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and

Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the definition of animal in the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 to include all animals not already covered in the First Schedule to the Act.