S.I. No. 422/1997 - Abattoirs Act, 1988 (Amendment) Order, 1997

1. This Order may be cited as the

Abattoirs Act, 1988

(Amendment) Order 1997.

2. The definition of "animal" in

section 2

(1) of the

Abattoirs Act, 1988

(No. 8 of 1988) is hereby amended to include the "ratite" or running birds, ostriches, emus and rheas, so as to extend the application of this Act and its provisions to such animals.

3. This Order shall come into effect on the 27th day of October 1997.

Given under my Official Seal this 8th day of October, 1997.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to extend the application of the

Abattoirs Act, 1988

and its provisions to include the ratite or running birds, ostriches, emus and rheas.

S.I. No. 422 of 1997.

ABATTOIRS ACT, 1988 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1997

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by

section 2

(3) of the

Abattoirs Act, 1988

(No. 8 of 1988), hereby order as follows