Diseases of Animals (Bovine Leukosis) Order, 1977.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Leukosis) Order, 1977.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of October, 1977.
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paragraphs: In this Order—
"the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966);
"animal" means a bovine animal;
"approved disinfectant" means a disinfectant for the time being approved by the Minister under the Diseases of Animals (Disinfectants) Order, 1975 ( S.I. No. 273 of 1975 );
"approved veterinary laboratory" means the Veterinary Research Laboratory, Abbotstown, Castleknock, County Dublin, or any other laboratory standing approved for the time being for the purposes of this Order by the Minister;
"authorised officer" means a person appointed in writing by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Order;
"carcase" means the carcase of a bovine animal and includes any part of such a carcase and the meat, bones, hide, skin, hooves, offal, blood or other part of an animal, separately or otherwise, or any portion thereof;
"diseased" means affected with bovine Leukosis;
"District Veterinary Office" means a district veterinary office of the Department of Agriculture;
"ear-tag " means an ear-tag which is of a pattern approved for the purposes of the Brucellosis in Cattle (Disease Free Area) Order, 1968 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1968 ), and which complies with the other requirements of Article 24 of that Order;
"fodder" means hay or any other substance (including milk) used for food for animals;
"infected place" means any land or premises declared by an inspector to be an infected place in accordance with Article 7 of this Order;
"litter" means straw or any other substance commonly used for bedding or otherwise for or about animals.
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paragraphs: (1) Every person having in his possession or under his charge an animal or carcase which to his knowledge is diseased or which he suspects of being diseased shall forthwith give notice of the fact to—
( a ) the District Veterinary Office of the Department of Agriculture for the area in which the animal or carcase happens to be, or
( b ) the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Dublin,
(2) Any person (other than a person mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article) who, whether by reason of an examination or otherwise, believes or suspects that an animal or carcase is diseased shall forthwith notify the following thereof:
( a ) the owner or the person who for the time being is in charge of the animal or carcase,
( b ) the District Veterinary Office of the Department of Agriculture for the area in which the animal or carcase happens to be, or
( c ) the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Dublin.
(3) Where an inspector or other veterinary surgeon believes or suspects that an animal or carcase is diseased, he may take such samples as he considers may be required for diagnostic purposes from any animal or carcase on the land or premises concerned, whether or not such animal or carcase is diseased or is suspected of being diseased, and in case he takes such samples, he shall send them forthwith, together with a report on his examination or inspection, to an approved veterinary laboratory.
(4) A notice given under this Article shall include the age and ear-tag number of the relevant animal, a description of such animal or of the carcase concerned and the name and address of its owner.
(5) Where a notice is given under this Article, the animal or carcase concerned shall be kept separate from all other animals and carcases by the owner or the person who is for the time being in charge of it until a notice relating to the animal or carcase is served under Article 6 of this Order or a direction relating to the animal or carcase is given by an inspector.
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paragraphs: (1) An inspector or an authorised officer may, for the purpose of preventing, checking or eradicating bovine leukosis, examine or inspect any animal or carcase or any land or premises when and as often as he may for the said purposes consider necessary.
(2) Where an inspector or authorised officer makes an examination or inspection pursuant to this Article, he may, either on that occasion or on a subsequent occasion, take or cause to be taken from the animal or carcase concerned samples for diagnostic purposes.
(3) ( a ) In case a person makes an examination or inspection pursuant to this Article, he shall forthwith send to an approved veterinary laboratory a report in writing of the examination or inspection and such report shall specify the age and ear-tag number of the relevant animal and the name and address of the owner concerned together with a description of such animal or of the carcase concerned.
( b ) In case a sample is taken pursuant to this Article, the inspector or authorised officer concerned shall forthwith send the sample to an approved veterinary laboratory.
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paragraphs: (1) An inspector or an authorised officer may paint, stamp, clip, tag or otherwise mark or require another person so to mark in such manner as he shall direct, any animal or carcase, and such mark may be permanent or otherwise.
(2) In case an inspector or an authorised officer makes a requirement under this paragraph, the person of whom the requirement is made shall comply therewith.
(3) A person shall not, other than with the permission of an inspector or an authorised officer, efface, obliterate, alter, or remove, or attempt to efface, obliterate, alter or remove, a mark applied pursuant to this Order.
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paragraphs: (1) Where, whether by reason of a notice given in pursuance of Article 3 of this Order or otherwise, an inspector believes or suspects that an animal or carcase is diseased, he may serve, or cause to be served, on the owner or the person who for the time being is in charge of the animal or carcase, a notice in writing in the form contained in the First Schedule to this Order.
(2) Where a notice is served pursuant to paragraph (1) of this Article, the following provisions shall have effect:
(a) the animal or carcase to which the notice relates shall be detained and isolated on the land or premises specified in the notice and the said animal or carcase and any other animal or carcase and any fodder, dung, litter or thing which has or may have been in contact with the first-mentioned animal or carcase shall not be moved from the said land or premises except under and in accordance with a permit granted by an inspector,
(b) no vehicle, machinery, equipment or thing which has or may have been in contact with any animal, carcase, fodder, dung or litter mentioned in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph shall be moved from the said land or premises until such vehicle, machinery, equipment or thing has been thoroughly washed, cleansed and disinfected with an approved disinfectant, and
(c) any milk produced on the said land or premises by a diseased animal or by an animal suspected of being diseased shall be treated, and may only be disposed of, in such manner as an inspector may direct.
(3) The restrictions imposed by a notice served under this Article shall remain in force until the notice is cancelled by an inspector by a further notice in writing to that effect and served on the owner or the person who is for the time being in charge of the animal or carcase concerned.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5) of this Article, an inspector may by a notice in writing served on a person on whom a notice under paragraph (1) of this Article is served and which is for the time being in force direct that until the first-mentioned notice is cancelled the animal or carcase to which the last-mentioned notice relates, or in case there are more than one, all or any particular two or more of them shall be detained and isolated from all other animals and carcases and that such detention and isolation shall be enforced at a place specified in the notice, and such notice may include such additional provisions (if any) as the inspector by whom it is given may consider necessary to ensure such detention and isolation.
(5) A notice under paragraph (4) of this Article shall not require animals to be detained and isolated on land or premises which are not owned by the person on whom the notice is served without the agreement of the person who is for the time being entitled to occupy the other land or premises.
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paragraphs: (1) Where by reason of diagnostic tests carried out on an animal or carcase or for any other reason an inspector has reasonable grounds for suspecting that bovine leukosis exists on any land or premises, or that there is an animal on any land or premises which has been, or which may have been, exposed to the infection of bovine leukosis, he may cause a notice in the form set out in the Second Schedule to this Order and relating to the land or premises to be served on the occupier thereof.