S.I. No. 165/1980 - Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1980.

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

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1980.

(2) The

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1977, and this Order may be cited together as the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1980.

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 to 1977) is hereby amended by the insertion in Part III thereof at the end of Class B of the following

"5 Aujeszky's Disease".

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 30th day of May, 1980.

RAY MacSHARRY,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the definition of "disease" in the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

to include Aujeszky's Disease.

S.I. No. 165 of 1980.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1980.

I, RAY MacSHARRY, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

and

11

of the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture and Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 (

S.I. No. 31 of 1977

), hereby order as follows:—