Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease)(Import Restrictions)(No. 4)(Amendment) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 163 of 2001)

S.I. No. 163 of 2001 Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions)(No. 4) (Amendment) Order, 2001. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 30 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 307 of 1999)), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Foot-and-Mouth Disease)(Import Restrictions) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order, 2001. 2. The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and- Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions)(No. 4) Order, 2001 (S.I. 118 of 2001) is amended, in Article 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of “restricted areas” (inserted by the Diseases of Animals (Foot-and-Mouth Disease)(Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. of 2001)), of the following definition – “’restricted areas’ means all areas in the United Kingdom;”; GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 13 April, 2001 L.S. Seamus Healy Seamus Healy An Officer authorised to authenticate the seal of the said Minister Explanatory Note (This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). The effect of this Order is: (a) to remove restrictions on certain imports from France imposed due to the foot-and mouth disease situation, (b) to remove the “protection zone” around Proleek, Co. Louth while retaining the wider “surveillance area”, (c) to amend rules relating to movement of certain animals within the State, and (d) to amend rules relating to imports from the United Kingdom. Pn. 9878 Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin Price £0.40 (€0.51)