S.I. No. 286/1986:

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1986

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1986

I, AUSTIN DEASY, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 11 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture and Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 31 of 1977 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1986.

(2) This Order shall be included in the collective citation, "the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1986".

2. In this Order "the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966).

3. For all the purposes of the Act, the First Schedule to the Act (as amended) is hereby further amended by the insertion in Part III thereof at the end of Class A of the following:

"25. African swine fever"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of August, 1986.

AUSTIN DEASY,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the definition of "disease" in the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 to include African Swine fever.