S.I. No. 415 of 2002

Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2002

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) hereby order as follows:

1.   (1)   This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions)(Amendment) Order, 2002.

(2)   This Order shall come into operation on the 9^th day of August, 2002.

2.   In this Order-

“the Principal Order” means the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1991 ( S.I. No. 114 of 1991 ;

“the 2001 Order” means the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2001 ( S.I.No 229 of 2001 ).

3.   The Second Schedule to the Principal Order and the Schedule to the 2001 Order are replaced by the Schedule to this Order.

4.   A notice required to be served under Article 7 of the Principal Order shall be addressed to the person concerned and served in accordance with the provisions of Article 33B (1) of that Order.

5.   Article 6 of the 2001 Order is replaced by the following:

“Article 7 (3) of the Principal Order is replaced by the following:

“7   (3)  In case a holding is declared under paragraph (1) of this Article to be a restricted holding, then for as long as the holding remains a restricted holding, then the following provisions shall apply, namely:

(a) no bovine animal shall be moved into or out of the holding except under and in accordance with the terms of a movement permit or in accordance with conditions laid down by a veterinary inspector;

(b) a veterinary inspector may by notice served, or caused to be served, on the owner, occupier or person in charge of the holding require that an eligible animal or animals be housed or confined to a designated part of the holding for the period specified in the notice“.

SCHEDULE

Department of Agriculture and Food

Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1991

NOTIFICATION REGARDING RESTRICTION ON A HOLDING

To............................................................ .................................................Herd No.................... of the holding at............................................................ ............................................................ ...

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........................

I, the undersigned, being a veterinary inspector, do hereby advise you, as owner or person in charge of the holding referred to above, that the said holding is restricted under Article 7 of the above-mentioned Order. During the period of the restriction of the above holding the following conditions shall apply:

1.   No bovine animal may be moved into or out of the holding except under the authority of a movement permit or in accordance with conditions laid down by a veterinary inspector.

2.   Any brucellosis reactor in the holding must be effectively isolated.

3.   Animals must be effectively isolated at calving time.

4.   Calving fluids, afterbirths and aborted foetuses must be disposed in a manner such as to avoid contamination.

5.   All houses used for housing animals and all pens, fittings and receptacles used for animals should be cleansed and disinfected without delay.

6.   Milk from any reactor animal in the herd shall not be fed to any bovine animal on the above-mentioned holding until the milk has been boiled or pasteurised.

7.   Unpasteurised milk or any unpasteurised product may not be moved from the above-mentioned holding for feeding to bovine or other animals in its unpasteurised state, until you have been notified that the herd is free of brucellosis.

8.   Even though they may pass a test or tests after the issue of this notice, the restrictions on movement of animals into or out of the above-mentioned holding imposed by this notice will remain in force until you are informed officially that the restrictions have been lifted

9.   All practicable steps, including where necessary the repair and reconstruction of boundary fences, should be taken to prevent the infection of animals on adjoining land by contact with animals on the above-mentioned holding.

10. Any manure slurry on the above-mentioned holding should be stored for at least a period to be specified by a veterinary inspector and treated in a manner as may be specified by a veterinary inspector prior to being moved off or spread on the holding.

11. Receptacles containing an approved disinfectant should be placed at any entrance to or any exit from the above-mentioned holding or any housing thereon.

12. A health warning notice, in a format stipulated by a veterinary inspector, and which is clearly visible must be displayed, and maintained, at or near each entrance to or exit from the above-mentioned holding for the duration of the restriction period, if such is required by a veterinary inspector.

Signed.............................................                                                  Date...........................

Veterinary Inspector

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order amends the title of the Order mentioned in the Schedule to the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions)(Amendment Order), 2001 ( S.I. No. 229 of 2001 ); makes provision for the service of Brucellosis Restriction Notices and requires an owner or person in charge of a herd, to house a Brucellosis eligible animal(s) or to confine it/them to a designated area(s) on a holding, on the written instructions of a veterinary inspector.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin