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Specified Diseases (Notification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

S.R. 2004/248 · Made 1 June 2004 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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ANIMALS

Made 1st June 2004

Coming into operation 9th June 2004

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(3), 10(6), 19(f) 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:

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Footnotes

f1

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

f2

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

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Extension of definition of “animals” and “poultry”
  4. 4Notice of specified disease
  5. 5Revocation
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule Specified Diseases
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 9th June 2004.

2InterpretationI1

(1)

In this Order –

  • “affected” means affected with the specified disease;

  • “carcase” includes part of a carcase, and the meat, bones, skin, offal or any part of an animal or bird or any portion thereof;

  • “Divisional Veterinary Officer” means a Divisional Veterinary Officer of the Department;

  • “specified disease” means a disease specified in column 2 of the Schedule when it affects such animals or poultry as are specified in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the reference to such disease;

  • “suspected” means suspected of being affected; and

  • “the 1981 Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

(2)

In this Order any reference to an animal or bird includes a reference to the carcase of such an animal or bird.

3Extension of definition of “animals” and “poultry”I1

For the purposes of the 1981 Order in its application to this Order –

(a)

the list of animals in Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Order is hereby extended so as to comprise –

(i)

any kind of mammal except man; and

(ii)

any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal; and

(b)

the list of poultry in Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Order is hereby extended so as to comprise birds of any kind.

4Notice of specified diseaseI1

(1)

A person who has in his possession or under his charge an affected or suspected animal or bird, a veterinary surgeon or other person who, in the course of his duties, examines or inspects such an animal or bird and any person who, following an analysis by him of any sample taken from an animal or bird has reasonable grounds for supposing that the animal or bird is affected, shall, with all practicable speed, give notice of the fact –

(a)

to an inspector;

(b)

to the Divisional Veterinary Officer; or

(c)

to any member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(2)

An inspector, if he is not a veterinary inspector, or a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland who receives a notice under paragraph (1) shall immediately inform a veterinary inspector of the fact.

5RevocationI1

The Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 1st June 2004.

L.S.

Liam McKibben

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Specified DiseasesI1

ItemDiseaseAnimal
(1)(2)(3)
F1. . .. . .. . .
2BrucellosisAll animals except bovine animals
3Contagious agalactiaAll animals
4Contagious pleuro-pneumoniaAll animals
5Epizootic haemorrhagic diseaseAll animals
6Goat poxAll animals
7Jaagsiekte complexSheep and goats
8Johne’s diseaseSheep and goats
9Lumpy skin diseaseAll animals
10Peste des petits ruminantsAll animals
11Rift valley feverAll animals
12RinderpestAll animals
13Sheep poxAll animals
14Teschen diseaseAll animals
15Vesicular stomatitisAll animals
16Visna-Maedi complexAll animals
17Caseous lymphadenitisAll animals
F218Bovine viral diarrhoeaBison ssp., Bos ssp., Bubalus ssp.
19TrichomonosisBison ssp., Bos ssp., Bubalus ssp.
20Bovine genital campylobacteriosisBison ssp., Bos ssp., Bubalus ssp.
21Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)Equidae, Artiodactyla
22Ebola virus diseaseNon-human primates (apes)
23Japanese encephalitisEquidae
24West Nile feverEquidae, Aves
25Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitisEquidae
26Infection with Batrachochytrium salamandrivoransCaudata

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order revokes and remakes some of the provisions of the Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement) Restrictions Order (Northern Ireland) 1997.

The Order requires certain persons to give notice of the specified diseases to a Divisional Veterinary Officer, an inspector or a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.