Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
1996 No. 82

ANIMALS
Diseases of Animals (Importation of Poultry) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Made
7th March 1996

Coming into operation
29th March 1996

The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 24(1), 30 and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) 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 (Importation of Poultry) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 29th March 1996.

Amendment of the Diseases of Animals (Importation of Poultry) Order (Northern Ireland) 1965

2.  In Article 4(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Importation of Poultry) Order (Northern Ireland) 1965(2) sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) shall be revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on

L.S.
P. T. Toal
Assistant Secretary
7th March 1996.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order amends the Diseases of Animals (Importation of Poultry) Order (Northern Ireland) 1965 by revoking sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of Article 4(1) which prohibit the importation into Northern Ireland of carcases of poultry and eggs except under licence. The licensing of the importation of those products is now provided for in the Diseases of Animals (Importation of Bird Products) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, S.R. 1996 No. 81.


(1)
S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22); Articles 24(1) and 30 were amended by Article 17(3) of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984, S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2), Article 30 was further amended by Article 23(4) of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) and Article 60(1) was substituted by Article 23(1) of that Order

(2)
S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1965 No. 175 as amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1968 No. 106, S.R. 1985 No. 162 and S.R. 1992 No. 199