Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1980.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) This Order may be cited as the Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1980
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1980
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paragraphs: In this Order—
"the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966);
"animal", except in Article 15 (1), means a bovine animal;
"anti-abortion vaccine" means any vaccine intended for use in the vaccination of an animal against brucellosis;
"approved ear-tag" means an ear-tag which is of a pattern approved of by the Minister and which complies with the other requirements of Article 19 of this Order;
"approved laboratory" means a laboratory approved of by the Minister for the purposes of this Order;
"authorised officer" means a person appointed by the Minister in writing to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Order or any other Order under the Act;
"brucellosis" means brucellosis in cattle;
"Brucellosis (Certified) Herd" means a herd which is for the time being entered in the Register of Brucellosis (Certified) Herds kept by the Minister;
"certified herd" means a herd in the Free Area in respect of which brucellosis certified cards have been issued by the Minister and which is not for the time being on a restricted holding;
"clearance area" means the area declared to be a clearance area under Article 3 (a) of this Order;
"District Veterinary Office" means a district veterinary office of the Department of Agriculture;
"eligible animal" means any female animal aged twelve months or over or any male animal aged twelve months or over except a castrate;
"free area" means the area declared to be a free area under Article 3 (b) of this Order;
"herd" means the animals which are for the time being on a particular holding and in case only one animal is for the time being on a particular holding, the animal shall for the purposes of this Order be regarded as being a herd;
"herdowner" means the owner of a herd to which a herd number is for the time being allocated by the Department of Agriculture;
"holding" means all the land used by a herdowner, whether solely or jointly with any other person or persons, for farming purposes;
"identity card" means an identity card issued by the Minister in respect of an animal;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture;
"Officially Brucellosis Free Herd" means a herd which is for the time being entered in the Register of officially Brucellosis Free Herds kept by the Minister;
"reactor" means an animal which by reason of the result of a test or otherwise a veterinary inspector believes to be, or suspects of being, affected with brucellosis or capable of affecting other animals with brucellosis;
"restricted holding" means a holding as respects which there is for the time being in force a declaration made under Article 7 of this Order;
"sample" means a sample taken from an animal in the course of a test and comprised of one or more of the following:
( a ) in the case of a male animal—blood or semen
( b ) in the case of a female animal—blood, milk, vaginal mucus, foetus or placenta;
"test" means a test for brucellosis and includes the taking of a sample;
"Veterinary Inspector" means a registered veterinary surgeon who is employed wholetime by the Minister.
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paragraphs: It appearing to the Minister to be necessary for the eradication of brucellosis,