Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
1996 No. 399

ANIMALS
Diseases of Animals (Modification) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Made
29th August 1996

Coming into operation
10th October 1996

Whereas it appears to the Department of Agriculture, (“the Department”) that the modification of the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) (“the 1981 Order”) set out in Article 2 is necessary or expedient for the purposes of that Order, the Department in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 16(2) of the 1981 Order and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Modification) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 10th October 1996.

Modification of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

2.  Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall be modified as follows:

(a)in Part I (Power to Slaughter) the reference to Johne’s Disease shall be deleted from paragraph 10(2);

(b)in Part II (Compensation in respect of the slaughter of animals and poultry) paragraph 10(3) shall be deleted.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 29th August 1996.

L.S.
P. T. Toal
Assistant Secretary

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order modifies Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (power to slaughter animals and pay compensation) by deleting the references to Johne’s Disease in Parts I and II of that Schedule.
The modifications remove from the Department of Agriculture its powers of slaughter and payment of compensation in relation to Johne’s disease.


(1)
S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order

(2)
As modified by S.R. 1986 No. 79 Article 2(1) and S.R. 1994 No. 11 Article 3(3)

(3)
As substituted by S.R. 1985 No. 64 Article 3(2)