Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) Order, 1962
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: Short title and commencement.
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paragraphs: Definitions.
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paragraphs: Declaration of area.
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paragraphs: Obligatory tests and regulation of testing with tuberculin.
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paragraphs: Marking of reactors.
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paragraphs: Isolation and maintenance.
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paragraphs: Disposal of reactors.
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paragraphs: Restriction on movement.
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paragraphs: Disinfection of premises.
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paragraphs: Repair or reconstruction of cow byres.
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paragraphs: Records.
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paragraphs: Omissions.
S.I. No. 51 of 1962.
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (CLEARANCE AREA) ORDER, 1962
I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, it appearing to me to be necessary for the purpose of the progressive eradication of bovine tuberculosis, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, and section 2 of the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Tuberculosis) Act, 1957 (No. 14 of 1957), as amended by section 5 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1960 (No. 26 of 1960), order as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
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paragraphs: —(1) This Order may be cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) Order, 1962.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of April, 1962.
2 Definitions.
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paragraphs: In this Order—
" the area " has the meaning specified in Article 3;
" authorised officer " means a person appointed by the Minister in writing to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Order;
" herd " includes a herd consisting of one bovine 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 area.
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paragraphs: Such area as consists of the administrative county of Dublin and the county borough of Dublin (in this Order referred to as the area) is hereby declared 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 the area who has not had his cattle tested for tuberculosis under the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme within the period commencing on the 1st day of October, 1961, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1962, or has not arranged for his cattle to be so tested shall, before the 1st day of May, 1962, arrange for the testing of his cattle in accordance with that Scheme.
(2) As from the 1st day of May, 1962, all herds of cattle in the 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) 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 Marking of reactors.
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paragraphs: —(1) 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 at the completion of the test mark the reactor by punching a diamond-shaped hole of five-eighths of an inch side in the left ear of the animal.
(2) The owner or person in charge of the animal shall permit the veterinary surgeon so to mark the animal.
6 Isolation and maintenance
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paragraphs: Where, as the result of any test of cattle in the 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 the area and out of all other clearance and attested areas or slaughtered.
7 Disposal of reactors.
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paragraphs: —(1) Where, as a result of any test of cattle in the 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,