S.I. No. 179/2001 - Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) (Amendment) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) (Amendment) Order, 2001.

2. The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) Order, 2001 (

S.I. No. 108 of 2001

) is amended, in Article 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of “restricted areas” (inserted by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Order, 2001 (

S.I. No. 152 of 2001

)), of the following definition -

“‘restricted areas’ means -

(a) the provinces of Groningen, Frieslan, Drenthe, Flevoland, Overijsel,

(b) that part of the province of Gelderland situated north of the river Rhine-Waal-Merwede between the border with Germany and the border with the province of Zuid-Holland, and

(c) that part of the province of Utrecht that lies east of the Highway A 27.”.

GIVEN

under my Official Seal,

27 April, 2001.

Joe Walsh

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order provides for restrictions having regard to the evolving Foot and Mouth Disease situation in the Netherlands.

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

and

30

of the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 (

S.I. No. 307 of 1999

)), to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, hereby order as follows:-