S.I. No. 349/2002 - Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports From Spain) (No. 2) Order 2001 (Fourth Amendment) Order 2002

1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports from Spain) (No. 2) Order 2001 (Fourth Amendment) Order 2002.

2.

The Diseases of Animals Act 1966

(Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports from Spain) (No. 2) Order 2001 (

S.I. No. 358 of 2001

) is amended, in Article 2, by the substitution for the definition of “restricted area” (inserted by Article 2(b) of the

Diseases of Animals Act 1966

(Classical Swine Fever (Restriction on Imports from Spain) (No. 2) Order 2001 (Third Amendment Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 191 of 2002

)), of -

“ ‘restricted area’ means the comarca of Osona in Catalonia.”

GIVEN

under my Official Seal,

4 July 2002

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 amends control measures relating to certain products from Spain due to the outbreak of classical swine fever in that country.

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O.J. No. L 172 of 2.7.2002, p.61

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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, Food and Rural Development (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 306 of 2002

)), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 2002/530/EC of 28 June 2002

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, hereby order as follows:-