European Communities (Diseases of Animals Acts, 1966 and 1979 Orders) (General Authorisations For Imports) Regulations, 1985.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Diseases of Animals Acts, 1966 and 1979, Orders) (General Authorisations for Imports) Regulations, 1985.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of November, 1985.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
"the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966);
"authorised person" means a person who stands for the time being appointed under Regulation 8 (1) of these Regulations;
"ministerial direction" means a direction under Regulation 7 of these Regulations;
"General Authorisation" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 3 of these Regulations;
"goods" means animals or poultry or any specified kind of animal or poultry or of carcases, eggs, animal or poultry products (including products made from or containing animal or poultry products, carcases or eggs), fodder, litter, dung or other thing;
"portal supervisor" means a person who stands for the time being appointed under Regulation 8 (2) of these Regulations;
"the Treaty" means the treaty establishing the European Economic Community.
(2) A word or expression, other than a word the expression to which a particular meaning is assigned by paragraph (1) of this Regulation, that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Act has the same meaning in these Regulations, apart from Regulation 4 (5), as it has in the Act.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to an Order made under the Act includes a reference to an Order continued in force by section 10 of the Act.
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paragraphs: (1) Where there is for the time being in force any order made under the Act which prohibits, except under licence, the importation, or the landing in or otherwise bringing into the State of goods, the Minister may issue an authorisation under this Regulation (which authorisation is referred to elsewhere in these Regulations as a "General Authorisation") applying to the goods to which the order relates.
(2) The Minister may attach conditions to any General Authorisation issued by him, vary such conditions or revoke the authorisation.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2) of this Regulation, a condition attached to a General Authorisation may—
(a) require that, certificates or declarations (including statutory declarations) specified in the condition shall be presented in the manner described in Regulation 6 (2) (e) of these Regulations on the importation or the landing in or otherwise bringing into the State of goods to which the Authorisation applies;
(b) require that any certificate or declaration specified in the conditions shall be in a form so specified;
(c) require that any such certificate or declaration shall contain particulars so specified;
(d) specify the country or countries, territory or territories or part or parts of any such country or countries, territory or territories, from which, or having passed through which, goods to which the authorisation applies may, and may only, be imported or landed in or otherwise brought into the State.
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paragraphs: (1) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after a General Authorisation is issued, varied or revoked, cause to be published in the Iris OifigiÃºil notice of such issue, variation or revocation, together with a statement indicating where copies of the Authorisation, variation or revocation may be obtained.
(2) A General Authorisation (or a variation or revocation thereof), shall not come into effect until the date of publication of the issue of the Iris OifigiÃºil in which the relevant notice is published.
(3) A General Authorisation shall specify the Order or Orders under the Act to which it relates together with the goods to which it applies.
(4) The Minister shall assign to each General Authorisation issued by him and to each variation thereof a number as of the year in which it is so issued or varied.