S.I. No. 343/1972 - Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1972.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1972.

(2) The

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 and 1971, and this Order may be cited together as the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1972.

2. In this Order "the Act" means the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966).

3. For all the purposes of the Act, the First Schedule to the Act (as amended by the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 and 1971), is hereby amended by the insertion in Part III thereof at the end of Class A of the following

"12. Swine Vesicular Disease."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of December, 1972.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the definition of " disease " in the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

to include Swine Vesicular Disease.

S.I. No. 343 of 1972.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1972.

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

sections 3

and

11

of the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

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