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The Specified Animal Pathogens (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010

S.R. 2010/24 · Made 29 January 2010

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Animals

Animal Health

Made 29th January 2010

Coming into operation 22nd February 2010

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 2(3), 5(1), 19, 30(1) and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland see the Departments Order 1999 S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article3(4)

f2

S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 17, S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 19, 22 to 24 and Schedule, S.R. 2002 No. 225 and S.R. 2006 No. 41

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment
  3. 3Amendment
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Specified Animal Pathogens (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 22nd February 2010.

2Amendment

The Specified Animal Pathogens Order (Northern Ireland) 2008f1 is amended as set out in this Order.

3Amendment

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Specified animal pathogens) after 35 (Peste des petits ruminants virus) insert——

“35A.

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus genotype 2”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 29th January 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 amends the Specified Animal Pathogens Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 336) to add a further pathogen (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus genotype 2) to Part 1 of Schedule 1.

This Order has been notified in draft to the European Commission in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC, as amended by Directive 98/48/EC.