# Movement of Animals (Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order revokes and re-enacts some of the provisions of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement) Restrictions Order (Northern Ireland) 1997.
Articles 1, 2 and 3 contain introductory provisions, including definitions of certain terms used in the Order.
Article 4 provides for the investigation by a veterinary inspector into the existence of disease and the carrying out by him of examinations and tests for the purposes of diagnosis.
Article 5 is a new provision which provides for the imposition of movement restrictions on animals while an investigation into the existence of disease is conducted.
Article 6 provides for the imposition of movement restrictions by the Department if it has reasonable grounds to suppose that disease exists on any premises or means of transport.
Article 7 provides for the cleansing and disinfection of premises or means of transport.
Articles 8 to 10 provide for the declaration of infected areas and the provisions which are to apply in infected areas.
Article 11 imposes record keeping requirements.
Article 12 contains general provisions as to licences and notices.
Article 13 sets out the powers of inspectors when the requirements in notices served by them are not complied with.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/249/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/movement-of-animals-restrictions-order-northern-ireland-2004/note
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