S.I. No. 298/1967:

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1967.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1967.

I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), hereby, for the prevention of the spreading of foot and mouth disease, order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Foot and Mouth Disease (Merchant Shipping) (Amendment) Order, 1967.

2. In Article 2 of the Foot and Mouth Disease (Merchant Shipping) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 264 of 1967 ) ",and shall remain in force up to and including the 31st day of December, 1967" is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of December, 1967.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to continue in operation beyond 31st December, 1967, the existing prohibition on entry by unauthorised persons on to ships arriving at ports or harbours in the State from Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.