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Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/82 · Made 27 February 2001

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ANIMALS

Made 27th February 2001

Coming into operation 27th February 2001

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 12(1), 14(b) and (c), 19(d) and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Art. 3(4)

f2

S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Article 23(1)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962
  3. 3Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962
  4. 4Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962
  5. 5Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 27th February 2001.

2Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962f1 shall be amended as provided in Articles 3 to 5.

3Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962

In Article 3 after the definition of “poultry” there shall be added the following definition—

  • ““premises” includes land with or without buildings;”.

4Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962

After Article 24 there shall be added—

“Requirement to isolate animals on common land within an infected area

24A

The owner or person in charge of an animal placed or kept on commons or unenclosed lands shall, upon the making of a declaration under Article 2(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Infected Area) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001f1, in relation to that land isolate that animal within premises in the infected area.”.

5Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962

After Article 32 there shall be added—

“Requirement to isolate animals on common land within a controlled area

32A

The owner or person in charge of an animal placed or kept on commons or unenclosed lands shall, upon the making of an Order under Article 29(1) in relation to that land, isolate that animal within premises in the controlled area.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th February 2001.

L.S.

R. S. Johnston

A senior Officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962 so as to make provision for the isolation of animals placed or kept on commons or unenclosed lands within an infected area or controlled area in the event of an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in such an area.