S.I. No. 764/2007 - Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restriction on Bird-Shows Or Other Events) (No. 3) Order 2007

1. This Order may be cited as the

Diseases of Animals Act 1966

(Restriction on bird-shows or other events) (No. 3) Order 2007.

2. A person shall not organise or hold a show, exhibition, market, sale or sporting event involving a bird that has been brought into the State either directly or across the land frontier of the State from Great Britain.

3. The

Diseases of Animals Act 1966

(Restriction on bird shows or other events) No. 2 Order 2007 is revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

14 November 2007

MARY COUGHLAN,

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order restricts shows sales and similar events involving birds.

S.I. No. 764 of 2007

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT 1966 (RESTRICTION ON BIRD-SHOWS OR OTHER EVENTS) (NO. 3) ORDER 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

20

th November

, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 13 of the

Diseases of Animals Act 1966

(No. 6 of 1966) as amended by the

Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001

(No. 3 of 2001) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 (

S.I. No. 705 of 2007

)), hereby order as follows—