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Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/398 · Made 29 August 1996

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ANIMALS

Made 29th August 1996

Coming into operation 10th October 1996

The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(3), 5(1), 10(6), 12(1), 14, 19(e), (f) and (k) and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

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S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 19, 20 and 23

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 10th October 1996.

2Amendment of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991

In the Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991f1 in Schedule 1 (specified diseases) after Item 7 there shall be inserted the following Items—

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7A.Jaagsiekte complexSheep and goats
7B.Johne’s diseaseSheep and goats.

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Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 29th August 1996

L.S.

P. T. Toal

Assistant Secretary

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991 (“the 1991 Order”) by adding to the list of specified diseases in Schedule 1, Jaagsiekte complex and Johne’s disease in sheep and goats. The effect is to make these diseases, where they affect sheep and goats, subject to the controls specified in the 1991 Order.