Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 63 of 2006)

S.I. No 63 of 2006 Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2006 I, Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3, 13, 14, 19, 20, 27 and 48 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 97/12(1) of 17 March 1977, Council Directive 98/46/EC(2) of 24 June 1998 and Council Directive 98/99/EC(3) of 14 December 1998 insofar as they relate to Bovine Tuberculosis hereby order as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2006. (2) This Order shall come into operation on the 6th day of February 2006. 2. In this Order – “the Principal Order” means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 (S.I. No. 308 of 1989); “the 1999 Order” means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 277 of 1999) ; “the 1999 Regulations” means the European Communities (Identification and Registration of the Bovine Animals) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 276 of 1999); “keeper” has the meaning assigned to it by the 1999 Regulations; “passport” has the meaning assigned to it by the 1999 Regulations. 3. Article 32 of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (2): (2) “The Minister may issue, or cause to have issued, an identity card in respect of an animal for the purposes of the Order in the form specified in the Fifth, Seventh or Eighth Schedules to this Order”. 4. Article 39 of the Principal Order is hereby substituted by the following paragraph: “39. Any requirement of Regulations 10, 11, 12 or 13 of the 1999 Regulations in respect of a keeper of an animal, in relation to a passport, shall be a like requirement for a keeper in respect of an identity card issued in the form specified in the Eighth Schedule”. 5. The Second Schedule of the 1999 Order is hereby amended by the substitution for the Second Schedule of the following : Left ear (front) Left ear (back) Right ear (front) Right ear (back) or, Right ear (front) Left ear (front) iii IE 12-345&7-8 6789 ~IE 12-345&7-8 6789 2-34567 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 7 8 9 34567 HHI ml 111 llllmll 1111 7 8 9 EIGHTH SCHEDULE (Front) fl An Roinn Talmhaiochta agus Bia. Department of Agri, ulture and Food, Ireland. Cattle Jde11tity Card !Tag No ! Breed . l . Sex .. l . Date of Issue ~-----~ of Card Date ofArrin l on Farm (If known) Na111e & Address of Keeper of Herd of Birth/Origin Herd No. Signature of Keeper on date of issue Last test date of a n Ima I/herd for TB was I ~-================~ Last test date of a n Ima I/herd for BR was .. I , Herd No.I ~-===============~ llerd No ... l . Testing 'kt Code/ I Issuing Officer Code . . Sigmluro of lssui~ Otnccr/ Ca-1ilie r/ VclCrinary Surioon Certifica te of Tuberculosis Testing. I certify that this a nima l passed the test Indicated below and tha t no a nima l fa iled the test. Date of Test Herd No. Signature of Veterinary Surgeon 1. 2. 3. 14. 5. 6. Certificate of Brucellosis Testing. I certlh · that this a nima l passed the test indicated below and tha t no a nima l fa iled the test. Date of Test Herd No. Signature of Certifie r 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. SEE REVERSE FOR NOT ES Tag No. (Back) Date 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. RECORD OF KEEPERS, TRANSACTIONS AND MOVEMENTS Record of Transartions at Marts(to bl' rnmpll'tl'd by Mart Official) Code No. of Mart Lot No. Signature of Mart Official RECORD OF KEEPERS (TO BE COMPLETED BY EACH NEW KEEPER ON ARRIVAL OF ANIMAL AT HOLDING) ARRJ\I. \ L DATE 1. ! ! 2. ! ! 3. ! ! 4. ! ! 5. ! ! 6. ! ! 7. ! ! HERD NUMBER OR KEEPER NO. NAME & . \ DDRESS (BLOCK C. \PITA LS) Name Town land County Name Town land Countv Name Town land Countv Name Town land County Name Town land Countv Name Town land County Name Town land County SIGNATURE This is an o fficial document. It is the property of the Minister for Agriculture and Food Any alterotion/defacement/damage renders it invalid. Document must be signed by the keeper and completed at RECORD OF KEEPERS, TRANSACTIONS AND MOVEMENTS fo llowing .1rrival of anim.1l .1t each holding. Document must be surrendered (a) on request to an Authorised Person (b) to the veterinary surgeon at the commencement oftest (c) to the new keeper at time of sale/transfer (d) to the fattol)'/obattoir at time of sl.,ughter (e) to the DVO within 7 cloys in the event of death of the animal. Given under my Official Seal This 2nd day of February 2006 Mary Coughlan Minister for Agriculture and Food (Prn. A6/0181) EXPLANATORY NOTE (This Note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) These regulations provide for amendment to the design of cattle identity cards of older animals.