Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) (Notification and Control) Order, 2002
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR SI 352/2002 |
I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 12 and 13 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 306 of 2002 )), hereby order as follows — 1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) (Notification and Control) Order 2002 and shall come into operation on 1 September 2002. 2. (1) In this Order - |
“authorised officer” means a person authorised under section 17A (inserted by section 2 of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 3 of 2002)) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966); |
“licence” means a licence granted under Article 4. |
(2) A reference to an Article is to an Article of this Order, unless it appears that a reference to some other enactment is intended and a reference to a paragraph is to a paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended. 3. A person who has or has had in his possession or under his control a pig, semen or embryo of a pig, which is infected, or which he or she suspects to be infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, and a veterinary surgeon who, whether by reason of an examination or otherwise, believes or suspects that a pig, semen or embryo of a pig is infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, shall, with all practicable speed, notify the fact or suspicion to— |
(a) the Secretary General, Department of Agriculture and Food, Dublin 2, and |
(b) an authorised officer at the District Veterinary Office in whose functional area the pig, semen or embryo is located,. |
4. (1) A person shall not move or cause or permit another person to move — |
(a) a pig, |
(b) the carcase of a pig, |
(c) a product derived from a pig, |
(d) the faeces or waste of a pig, or |
(e) other slurry that consists of or contains any matter derived from a pig |
that is infected, suspected of being infected or may have been exposed, by contact or otherwise, to a risk of infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome out of the premises or other land on which it is located on the date notice is given pursuant to Article 3 except under and in accordance with a licence granted by an authorised officer assigned to the District... |
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