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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
ANIMALS
Made
22nd April 1999
Coming into operation
13th May 1999
The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(1), 19(e), (f), (i) and (k), 20(1) and (2), 21(a), 24(1) and (1A), 29(1) and (2) and 60(1) and paragraph 2 of Part II and paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1)and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Importation of Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 13th May 1999.
2. The Importation of Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 1986(2) shall be amended as provided in Articles 3 to 9.
3. In Article 2—
(a)the definitions of “quarantine station” and “reception centre” shall be omitted;
(b)after the definition of “master” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““place of destination” means the place to which the animals are consigned immediately following importation and which is recorded on the health certificate accompanying the animals;”.
4. In Article 6(2) for the word “quarantined” there shall be substituted the word “isolated”.
5. For Article 7 there shall be substituted the following Article—
“7.—(1) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part II of Schedule 3 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall apply to imported animals.
(2) The provisions of paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 3 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall apply to imported animals subject to the following modifications—
(a)the words “or poultry” shall be omitted and for the words “quarantine station” there shall be substituted the words “place of destination”;
(b)paragraph 1 shall be renumbered paragraph 1.
(1) and after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(2) In this paragraph “place of destination” has the same meaning as in the Importation of Animal Order (Northern Ireland) 1986.”.”
6. For Article 8 there shall be substituted the following Article—
“8. After an imported animal has been landed from an aircraft, vessel, vehicle or container it shall be the duty of the person in charge of such an animal to ensure that—
(a)it is moved directly to the place of destination or as directed by a veterinary inspector;
(b)it does not, while at a landing place, or during the journey to the place of destination come into contact with any other animal; and
(c)the vehicle used for the carriage of the animal to the place of destination is one from which there will be no leakage of liquid matter, or escape of waste fodder, animal dung or other excreta.”.
7. Article 9 shall be revoked.
8. In Article 10(1) for the words “a quarantine station or reception centre”; there shall be substituted the words “or place of destination”.
9. In Schedule 3—
(a)after the words “shall be”, where they first appear, there shall be inserted “for the following reason/s . . .”;
(b)at the end of Part III there shall be inserted “and the following action shall be taken in relation to them . . .”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on
L.S.
R. S. Johnston
Assistant Secretary
22nd April 1999.
(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order amends the Importation of Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 (“the 1986 Order”) by removing the requirement that imported animals must be moved to a quarantine station or reception centre. The Order also amends the terms of the notice prescribed in Schedule 3 to the 1986 Order.
S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 23, 24 and Schedule
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