S.I. No. 248/1969 - Rabies (Importation and Landing of Animals) Order, 1969.

1. Extends the definition of " animals " in the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966) to include animals of the kind specified in the Schedule to this Order.

2. Prohibits save under licence of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the importation or landing of any animal specified in the Schedule with the exception of (

a

) an animal brought directly from Northern Ireland and (

b

) an animal transhipped at a port or airport with the written permission of an officer of the Minister or an officer of Customs and Excise.

3. The following animals of the Order Marsupialia the family and common name of which are set out hereunder.

Family

Common Name

Didelphidae

Opossums

4. Animals of the Order Chiroptera.

Family

Common Name

All families

Bats

PART II

The following animals of the genus rodentia the families and names of which are set out hereunder.

Family

Common Name

Sciuridae

Chipmunks

Geomyidae

Gophers

PART III

The following animals are examples of the animals mentioned in paragraph 1 of Part I of this Schedule

Family

Common Name

Tupaiidae

Tree-shrews

Lemuridae

Lemurs

Indriidae

Indrises and Sifakas

Daubentoniidae

Aye-Aye

Lorisidae

Lorises

Bushbabies, etc.

Tarsiidae

Tarsiers

Cebidae

Douroucouli (also Owl Monkeys or Night Apes)

Titis

Uakaris

Sakis

Howlers

Capuchins

Squirrel Monkeys

Spider Monkeys

Woolly Monkeys

Goeldi's Monkeys

Family

Common Name

Callithricidae

Marmosets

Tamarins

Cercopithecidae

Macaques

Mangabeya

Baboons

Guenons

Langurs

Colobus Monkeys, etc.

Pongidae

Gibbons

Orang-Utans

Chimpanzees

Gorillas

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 12th day of December, 1969.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order

5. Article 4 of this Order shall not apply in respect of—

(

a

) the importation or landing of an animal which is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to have been brought directly to the State from Northern Ireland, or

(

b

) an animal which is transhipped in a port or transferred from an aircraft to any part of an airport or from one aircraft to another aircraft in an airport under and in accordance with a permission in writing obtained from an inspector, authorised person or officer of Customs and Excise.

SCHEDULE

PART I

S.I. No. 248 of 1969.

RABIES (IMPORTATION AND LANDING OF ANIMALS) ORDER, 1969.

I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

,

10

,

11

and

30

of the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966), for the prevention of the spreading of rabies, hereby order as follows:—