S.I. No. 306/1982:

BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1982.

BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1982.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture and Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 31 of 1977 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 1982.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of September, 1982.

2. The Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 286 of 1980 .), is hereby amended--

( a ) in Article 17--

(i) by the deletion of paragraph (2), and

(ii) in paragraph (3), by the substitution of "paragraph (1)" for "paragraphs (1) and (2)",

and

( b ) in Article 18, by the deletion of paragraphs (b) and (c).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of September, 1982.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order withdraws from 28th September the requirement whereby Brucellosis eligible animals must pass a test for Brucellosis within 30 days prior to being moved into or out of a holding or exposed for sale.