2001 No. 82
ANIMALS

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 12(1), 14(b) and (c), 19(d) and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 19812 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 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.

R. S. Johnston
A senior Officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962 so as to make provision for the isolation of animals placed or kept on commons or unenclosed lands within an infected area or controlled area in the event of an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in such an area.