S.I. No. 6/1967:

WARBLE FLY ORDER, 1967.

WARBLE FLY ORDER, 1967.

I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 30 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), hereby order as follows :

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Warble Fly Order, 1967.

(2) The Warble Fly Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 210 of 1966 ) and this Order may be cited together as the Warble Fly Orders, 1966 and 1967.

2. In this Order--

" animal " means a bovine animal;

" certificate of treatment " means--

(a) a certificate in the form of Form A in the Schedule to the Warble Fly Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 210 of 1966 ), issued since the commencement of the last previous treatment period and signed by--

(i) a veterinary surgeon (being a veterinary surgeon to whom an admission in writing to the Warble Fly Eradication Scheme has been issued by the Minister), or any person authorised by him to do so, or

(ii) the veterinary officer in charge of an Artificial Insemination Station, or any person authorised by him to do so, or

(iii) a veterinary inspector of the Minister or any person authorised by him to do so, or

(b) a document signed by a Divisional Veterinary Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and which certifies that an animal was, since the commencement of the last previous treatment period, dressed for warbles under the terms of the scheme in Northern Ireland corresponding to the Warble Fly Eradication Scheme;

" the Minister " means the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries;

" treatment period " means the period beginning on the 22nd day of August and terminating on the 30th day of November in any year;

" Warble Fly Eradication Scheme " means the scheme for the eradication of the warble fly which was initiated by the Minister on the 1st day of September, 1965.

3. The importation from Northern Ireland of any animal unaccompanied by a certificate of treatment is hereby prohibited save under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister.

4. Any conditions attached to licences issued by the Minister for the purposes of this Order shall be complied with.

5. An examination of an animal which is reasonably necessary for the administration of this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 25 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966).

6. Where an officer of the Minister makes an examination for the purposes of the administration of this Order, he shall, if requested, produce his authorisation for examination by the person concerned.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 12th day of January, 1967.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prohibits the importation from Northern Ireland of any animal not accompanied by a prescribed certificate of treatment for warbles save under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.