S.I. No. 85/2001 - Foot-And Mouth-Disease (Restriction of Import of Horses and Greyhounds) (No. 2) Order, 2001

1. (1) This order may be cited as the Foot-and Mouth-Disease (Restriction of Import of Horses and Greyhounds) (No.2) Order, 2001.

(2) The Foot-and Mouth-Disease (Restriction of Import of Horses and Greyhounds) Order, 2001 (

S.I. No. 52 of 2001

) and the Foot-and Mouth-Disease (Restriction of Import of Horses and Greyhounds) (Amendment) Order, 2001 (

S.I. No. 70 of 2001

) are hereby revoked.

(3) In this order “horse” includes any member of the equine species.

2. (1) A person shall not import a horse or greyhound from the United Kingdom or France except under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister.

(2) The Minister may grant a licence under paragraph (1) or refuse an application.

(3) The Minister may attach such conditions as he or she considers reasonable to a licence granted under paragraph (1).

GIVEN

under my Official Seal,

16 March, 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 instrument prohibits the import of greyhounds and equine animals from the United Kingdom or France.

S.I. No 85 of 2001

Foot-and Mouth-Disease (Restriction of Import of Horses and Greyhounds)(No.2) Order, 2001

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

) hereby, for the prevention of spreading of foot-and-mouth disease, order as follows:-