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The Biosecurity Guidance (Specification of Brucellosis) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010

S.R. 2010/176 · Made 6 May 2010

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Animals

Made 6th May 2010

Coming into operation 1st June 2010

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4A(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f2.

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Footnotes

f1

The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1))

f2

S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22); Article 4A(1) was inserted by section 7 of the Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (2010 c.1 (N.I.))

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Biosecurity guidance
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Biosecurity Guidance (Specification of Brucellosis) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2010.

2Biosecurity guidance

Brucellosis is hereby specified for the purposes of Article 4A(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 6th May 2010.

L.S.

Colette McMaster

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies brucellosis for the purposes of Article 4A(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, enabling the Department to introduce statutory biosecurity guidance for that disease.