Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 18th June, 2010.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 13 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 705 of 2007)) for the purpose, inter alia, of giving further effect to Article 71 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 ¹ on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products, hereby order as follows-

1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control on Animal and Poultry Vaccines) (Amendment) Order 2010.

2. The Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control on Animal and Poultry Vaccines) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 528 of 2002 ) is amended in Part 1 of the Second Schedule by the insertion before "Bluetongue" of "Aujeszky's Disease".

3. The Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control on Animal and Poultry Vaccines) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 528 of 2002 ) is amended in Part 2 of the Second Schedule by the deletion of "Aujeszky's Disease".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

14 June 2010.

BRENDAN SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order restricts a person from having in his possession, importing, selling, supplying or administering Aujeszky's Disease vaccine unless under licence.

1 O.J. No. L311 of 28.11.2001, p.1