S.I. No. 121/1954 - Transit of Greyhounds Order, 1954.

1. The internal measurements of each portable kennel used for the transit of greyhounds shall be at least two feet six inches high, three feet two inches long and one foot two inches wide.

2. Each kennel shall be fitted with a suitable door capable of being securely fastened.

3. Each kennel shall be so constructed as to include adequate provision for ventilation.

4. The interior of each kennel shall be free from all boltheads or other projections likely to cause suffering to the animals carried therein.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 31st day of May, 1954.

(Sgd.) THOMAS WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture.

7. Each portable kennel in which a greyhound has been carried shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected after use.

8. If anything is done or omitted to be done in contravention of the provisions of this Order, the railway company concerned or, as the case may be, the owner, the charterer and the master of the vessel or aircraft concerned, shall each be guilty of an offence under the Act.

SCHEDULE.

S.I. No. 121 of 1954.

TRANSIT OF GREYHOUNDS ORDER, 1954.

I, THOMAS WALSH, Minister for Agriculture in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the joint operation of the Agriculture Acts, 1931 to 1948, and the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1954, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transit of Greyhounds Order, 1954.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1954.