S.I. No. 286/1986 - Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1986

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

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1986.

(2) This Order shall be included in the collective citation, "the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(First Schedule) (Amendment) Orders, 1968 to 1986".

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) is hereby further amended by the insertion in Part III thereof at the end of Class A of the following

"25. African swine fever"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of August, 1986.

AUSTIN DEASY,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the definition of "disease" in the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

to include African Swine fever.

S.I. No. 286 of 1986.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1966 (FIRST SCHEDULE) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1986

I, AUSTIN DEASY, 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