(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes and re-enacts with amendments the Specified Animal Pathogens Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S. R. 1999 No. 434).
The principal change is to provide for additional powers for inspectors (Schedule 2).
As in the previous Order, it provides that possession of an animal pathogen specified in Part I of Schedule 1, or introduction into an animal of an animal pathogen specified in Parts I and II of that Schedule, requires a licence from the Department.