Biosecurity Guidance (Specification of Brucellosis) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. No. 176 of 2010)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2010 No. 176 ANIMALS The Biosecurity Guidance (Specification of Brucellosis) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 Made - - - - 6th May 2010 Coming into operation - 1st June 2010 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(a) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4A(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(b). Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Biosecurity Guidance (Specification of Brucellosis) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2010. Biosecurity guidance 2. Brucellosis is hereby specified for the purposes of Article 4A(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 6th May 2010. Colette McMaster A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (a) The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1)) (b) S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22); Article 4A(1) was inserted by section 7 of the Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (2010 c.1 (N.I.)) EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order specifies brucellosis for the purposes of Article 4A(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, enabling the Department to introduce statutory biosecurity guidance for that disease. £4.00 Dd. N4413. C2. 5/10. Gp. 130. 14567. © Crown Copyright 2010 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.