Fowl Pest (Amendment) Order, 1968
Made 1968-11-07 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- European Union
- Country
- Ireland
- Subjects
- Livestock, Wild species and ecosystems
- Keywords
- animal health, pests/diseases, poultry, birds
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FOWL PEST (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1968 I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), hereby order as follows : REG 1 1. This Order may be cited as the Fowl Pest (Amendment) Order, 1968. REG 2 2. Article 2 of the Fowl Pest Order, 1950 (S.I. No. 15 of 1950), is hereby amended by the substitution of "partridges, grouse, plover, quail, peafowl, doves, swans, owls and birds of the order Falconiformes, including any of the birds commonly called falcons, eagles, hawks, buzzards, harriers, ospreys, kestrels, kites and vultures" for "and partridges" in the definition of poultry. GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of November, 1968. NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This Order extends the definition of "poultry" in Article 2 of the Fowl Pest Order, 1950 to include grouse, plover, quail, peafowl, doves, swans, owls and birds of the order Falconiformes, including falcons, eagles, hawks, buzzards, harriers, ospreys, kestrels, kites and vultures.