S.I. No. 109/1963:

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (CLEARANCE AREA) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1963.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (CLEARANCE AREA) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1963.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of bovine tuberculosis, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, and section 2 of the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Tuberculosis) Act, 1957 (No. 14 of 1957), as amended by section 5 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1960 (No. 26 of 1960), order as follows :

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (Amendment) Order, 1963.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 15th day of June, 1963.

2. In this Order " the Principal Order " means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (No. 2) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 105 of 1962 ).

3. Article 4 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraphs (1) and (2) :

" (1) The owner of any herd of cattle in the area who has not had his cattle tested for tuberculosis under the Bovine Tuberculosis Scheme within the period commencing on the 1st day of April, 1963, and ending on the 14th day of June, 1963, or has not arranged for his cattle to be so tested, shall, before the 30th day of June, 1963, arrange for the testing of his cattle in accordance with that Scheme and shall, as soon as may be after making such arrangement, cause to be so tested all the cattle in his herd excepting reactors from previous tests."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 8th day of June, 1963.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, by amending the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (No. 2) Order, 1962, makes it obligatory on all herd owners in the Counties of Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford (including the county boroughs of Cork, Limerick and Waterford, but excluding the parts of Limerick City and County north of the River Shannon) who have not had their herds tuberculin tested under the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme since the 31st March, 1963, to arrange to do so as soon as possible.