The Brucellosis Control (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (revoked) No. 266

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2014 No. 266

Animals

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

Made

24th October 2014

Coming into operation

3rd November 2014

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development M1 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 M2 .

Marginal Citations

M1 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))

M2 S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17, S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 20 and 23, S.R. 1994 No. 11, S.R. 2004 No. 362 and S.R. 2006 No. 41 and the Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c.1)

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.  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) 2004 N.I.

2.  The Brucellosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 M3 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 ”.

Marginal Citations

M3 S.R. 2004 No. 361; as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 585 and S.R. 2012 No. 315

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

L.S.

Geraldine Fee

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory Note

(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.