S.I. No. 91 of 2001

The Foot and Mouth (Restriction on Movement) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2001

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 13 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) , and Article 41 of the Foot and Mouth Disease Order, 1956 ( S.I. No.324 of 1956 ), hereby order as follows:

1.      This Order may be cited as the Foot and Mouth (Restriction on Movement) (No.4) (Amendment) Order, 2001

2.      The Foot and Mouth (Restriction on Movement) (No.4) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 63 of 2001 ) is amended by the substitution for the definition of “area” of the following definition --

“‘area’ means that part of County Louth (other than the area to which the Foot and Mouth (Restriction on Movement) (No.2) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 62 of 2001 ) applies) that lies northwards of an imaginary line drawn from the mouth of the Fane River to Clermont Bridge and from there onwards to the cross-roads at Carnroe and from there to the cross-roads at Balrobin and from there to the Post Office at Hackballs Cross and from there continued westwards along the whole of the road known as the N 53 to the land frontier of the State;”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The effect of this Order is to extend the control area provided for in ‘The Foot and Mouth (Restriction on Movement) (No.4) Order, 2001 ( S.I. No. 63 of 2001 )’ to a wider area of Co. Louth.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin