Article 1 Title, commencement and purpose

This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Poultry Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st January 1995.

The purpose of this Order is to give effect to Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza^f1 and Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease^f2.