S.I. No. 203/1970 - Importation of Dogs and Cats (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1970.

1. Reduces as follows the statutory minimum period of detention and isolation which imported canine and feline animals must undergo at approved quarantine premises—

(i) from 12 months to 9 months in the case of animals under going quarantine on the 6th September, 1970 and

(ii) from 12 months to 6 months in the case of animals imported after the 6th September, 1970.

2. Provides power to require the vaccination against rabies of imported canine and feline animals while detained in quarantine.

3. Where on the 6th day of September, 1970, a detention and isolation under Article 2 of the Principal Order (as amended by the Order of 1970) was in progress, the period for which the dog or cat shall be detained and isolated shall, notwithstanding that Article (as so amended) and Article 5 of this Order, be not less than nine months.

4. Article 3 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the insertion of the following after paragraph (viii)—

"(ix) for prescribing the vaccination of the dog or cat against rabies while in the place of detention ".

5. (1) The Order of 1969 and the Order of 1970 are hereby revoked with effect from the 7th day of September, 1970.

(2) The Principal Order shall have effect as if the Order of 1969 and the Order of 1970 had not been made.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of September, 1970.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order

S.I. No. 203 of 1970.

IMPORTATION OF DOGS AND CATS (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1970.

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

,

10

and

33

of the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966), hereby order as follows