2001 No. 82
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 27th February 2001.
Amendment of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962
2
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 19623 shall be amended as provided in Articles 3 to 5.
3
In Article 3 after the definition of “poultry” there shall be added the following definition—
“premises” includes land with or without buildings;
4
After Article 24 there shall be added—
Requirement to isolate animals on common land within an infected area24A
The owner or person in charge of an animal placed or kept on commons or unenclosed lands shall, upon the making of a declaration under Article 2(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Infected Area) Order (Northern Ireland) 20014, in relation to that land isolate that animal within premises in the infected area.
5
After Article 32 there shall be added—
Requirement to isolate animals on common land within a controlled area32A
The owner or person in charge of an animal placed or kept on commons or unenclosed lands shall, upon the making of an Order under Article 29(1) in relation to that land, isolate that animal within premises in the controlled area.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th February 2001.
(This note is not part of the Order.)