Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Areas) (Westmeath) Order, 1960.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: (1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Areas) (Westmeath) Order, 1960.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of March, 1960.
2 Definitions
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paragraphs: In this Order :—
" the Act " means the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Tuberculosis) Act, 1957 (No. 14 of 1957) ;
" authorised officer " means a person appointed by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Order ;
" herd " includes a herd consisting of one animal only ;
" the Minister " means the Minister for Agriculture ;
" the Principal Act " means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, as amended or adapted by or under subsequent enactments.
3 Declaration of areas
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paragraphs: (1) Each of the following areas is hereby declared to be an area in which bovine tuberculosis is to be eradicated :
(a) that part of the administrative county of Westmeath lying west of the River Shannon, and
(b) that part of that county lying west of the River Inny.
(2) In the subsequent Articles of this Order " an area " means an area declared by the foregoing paragraph to be an area in which bovine tuberculosis is to be eradicated.
4 Obligatory tests and regulation of testing with tuberculin
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paragraphs: (1) The owner of any herd of cattle in an area who has not had his cattle tested for tuberculosis under the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme or has not arranged for his cattle to be so tested shall, before the 1st day of May, 1960, arrange for the testing of his cattle in accordance with that Scheme,
(2) As from the 1st day of May, 1960, all herds of cattle in an area shall be tested annually (that is to say, once in each period of twelve months beginning on the 1st day of May) for tuberculosis, excepting any reactors from previous tests, and the owners respectively of such herds shall cause such tests to be carried out.
(3) The veterinary surgeon who carries out any test pursuant to this Article shall report the result thereof to the Minister without delay and give a statement of the result to the owner of the herd.
(4) Cattle in an area shall not be tested with tuberculin except :—
(a) in accordance with the requirements of the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1957, or any order made thereunder,
(b) as required by the Minister under the Milk and Dairies (Special Designation) Regulations, 1938 to 1955,
(c) as required by the Minister for the testing of bulls intended to be brought to a show or sale or intended to be used or used for artificial insemination, or
(d) by a registered veterinary surgeon in the ordinary course of his practice.
(5) In this Article " Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme " means the scheme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis which was initiated by the Minister in September, 1954.
5 Branding of reactors
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paragraphs: Where, as a result of any test pursuant to Article 4 of this Order, a reactor is disclosed, the veterinary surgeon who carried out the test shall brand the reactor by punching a diamond-shaped hole in the left ear of the animal at the completion of the test.
6 Isolation and maintenance
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paragraphs: Where, as the result of any test of cattle in an area for tuberculosis, a reactor is disclosed, the owner or person in charge of the reactor shall immediately take all practicable steps to secure the effective isolation of the reactor and its maintenance pending its being taken possession of by or on behalf of the Minister or removed out of that area or slaughtered.
7 Disposal of reactors
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paragraphs: (1) Where, as a result of any test of cattle in an area (in this paragraph referred to as the said area) for tuberculosis, a reactor is disclosed :—
(a) possession of the reactor may, by agreement, be taken by or on behalf of the Minister and the reactor may be disposed of as the Minister thinks fit,