S.I. No. 296/1970:

IMPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK ORDER, 1970.

IMPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK ORDER, 1970.

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 10 and 30 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), for the prevention of the spreading of disease, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Importation of Livestock Order, 1970.

2. In this Order " livestock " means any bovine animal, sheep, goat or other ruminating animal, or swine.

3. Subject to Article 4 of this Order, the importation or landing of livestock is hereby prohibited save under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

4. Article 3 of this Order shall not apply in respect of livestock which is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to have been brought directly to the State from Northern Ireland.

5. The Importation of Animals (Ireland) Order, 1900, is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of December, 1970.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prohibits, except under licence, the importation or landing of livestock from places other than Northern Ireland.