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Article 4 Designation of organisms for the purposes of section 29

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(1)

The following organisms, being organisms which, when carried in animals or poultry, constitute in the opinion of the Ministers a risk to human health, are hereby designated for the purposes of section 29 of the Act, that is to say –

(a)

organisms of the genus salmonella; and

(b)

organisms of the genus brucella.

(2)

The provisions of the Act listed in Schedule 1 to this Order shall apply in relation to the presence of a designated organism in an animal or in any poultry as if the presence of the organism were a disease to which the Act applies.