# Specified Diseases (Notification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

S.R. 2004/248 · made 1 June 2004 · revised to 8 November 2023

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

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## Introductory text

ANIMALS
Made 1st June 2004
Coming into operation 9th June 2004
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 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 1981, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

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

## 2 Interpretation

(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.

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

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.

## 4 Notice of specified disease

(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.

## 5 Revocation

The Specified Diseases (Notification and Movement Restrictions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 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 Diseases

Item
Disease
Animal
(1)
(2)
(3)
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
Brucellosis
All animals except bovine animals
3
Contagious agalactia
All animals
4
Contagious pleuro-pneumonia
All animals
5
Epizootic haemorrhagic disease
All animals
6
Goat pox
All animals
7
Jaagsiekte complex
Sheep and goats
8
Johne’s disease
Sheep and goats
9
Lumpy skin disease
All animals
10
Peste des petits ruminants
All animals
11
Rift valley fever
All animals
12
Rinderpest
All animals
13
Sheep pox
All animals
14
Teschen disease
All animals
15
Vesicular stomatitis
All animals
16
Visna-Maedi complex
All animals
17
Caseous lymphadenitis
All animals
18
Bovine viral diarrhoea
Bison ssp., Bos ssp., Bubalus ssp.
19
Trichomonosis
Bison ssp., Bos ssp., Bubalus ssp.
20
Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
Bison ssp., Bos ssp., Bubalus ssp.
21
Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
Equidae, Artiodactyla
22
Ebola virus disease
Non-human primates (apes)
23
Japanese encephalitis
Equidae
24
West Nile fever
Equidae, Aves
25
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
Equidae
26
Infection with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
Caudata

## 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.

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