2014 No. 266

Animals

The Brucellosis Control (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development F1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 10(6), 19 and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 F2.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (NI) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1))

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis Control (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 3rd November 2014.

Amendment of the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 20042

The Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 F3 shall be amended as follows—

a

In Article 5(1)(a) for the number “12” there shall be substituted the number “ 24 ”.

b

In Articles 5 and 20 for each occurrence of the number “30” there shall be substituted the number “ 60 ”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 24th October 2014

Geraldine Fee A senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 361) by increasing the age threshold for pre-movement testing from 12 to 24 months, and extending the window for a single movement from 30 to 60 days.