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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
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S.I. No.
161 of 2000.
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BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTATION OF THE
STATE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2000.
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S.I. No. 161 of 2000.
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BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (ATTESTATION OF THE
STATE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2000.
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I, JOE WALSH, Minister for
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred
on me by sections 3, 13, 14, 19, 20, 27 and 48 of the Diseases of Animals
Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) and for the purposes of giving effect to Council
Directive 97/12(1) of 17
March 1997, Council Directive 98/46/EC(2) of 24 June 1998 and Council Directive 98/99/EC(3)
of 14 December 1998 insofar as they
relate to Bovine Tuberculosis hereby order as follows:—
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1. (1) This Order may be
cited as the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General
Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2000.
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(2) This Order shall come
into operation on the 31st day of May, 2000.
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2. In this Order—
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“The Principal Order” means the Bovine
Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 (
S.I. No. 308 of 1989 );
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“the 1999 Regulations” means the European
Communities (Identification and Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations,
1999 ( S.I. No. 276 of 1999 );
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“keeper” has the meaning assigned to it by
the 1999 Regulations;
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“passport” has the meaning assigned to it by
the 1999 Regulations.
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3. Article 6(1) of the
Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following
paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (n) and by the addition of a
new paragraph (o):
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“(a) the test to be used shall be the intradermal comparative tuberculin test using PPD or HCSM bovine and avian tuberculins, as supplied by the Minister, or a test
specified in an authorisation in writing by the Minister which is for the
time being in force;”
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“(n) where in the opinion of the
veterinary surgeon who carried out the test, none of the animals tested has
given a positive result but the result of the test has as regards any animal
or animals been inconclusive, the veterinary surgeon shall:
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(i) forward to the
District Veterinary Office in the area in which the test was carried out,
with his report under subparagraph (k) of this paragraph, the
identity card/passport of each animal as respects which the result of the
test was, in his opinion, inconclusive;
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(ii) endorse each of the remaining identity
cards/passports surrendered to him in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph with an indication that the animal
concerned has passed the test and hold these identity cards/passports until
instructed in writing by a veterinary inspector as to their disposition, and
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(iii) at the direction of a veterinary inspector
forward all the endorsed identity cards/ passports to the District
Veterinary Office in the area in which the test was carried out or return
the endorsed cattle identity cards/ passports to the owner, keeper or person
in charge of the animals on which the test was carried out.”
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“(o) where there is an inconclusive
animal in a holding a veterinary surgeon shall not issue a veterinary
certificate stating that the animal has passed the test to the export
standard in respect of any animal in that herd until the health status of
the inconclusive animal has been resolved as provided for in Council
Directive 98/46/EC.”
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4. Article 8 (3) of the
Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of “within the period
of forty-two days” for “within the period of sixty days”.
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5. Article 32 of the
Principal Order is hereby amended by the substitution of the following
paragraph for paragraph (2):
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“(2) The Minister may issue, or cause to have
issued, an identity card in respect of an animal for the purposes of the
Order in the form specified in the Fifth or Seventh Schedules to this
Order”.
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6. The Principal Order is
hereby amended by the addition of the following Article 39:
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“39. Any requirement of Regulations 10, 11, 12 or
13 of the 1999 Regulations in respect of a keeper of an animal, in relation
to a passport, shall be a like requirement for a keeper in respect of an
identity card issued in the form specified in the Seventh Schedule”.
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SEVENTH
SCHEDULE
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(Front)
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Harp An Roinn Talmhaiochta,
Bia agus Forbartha Tuaithe
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Tag No.
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INNER FACE
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Department of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Development Ireland
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Breed
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Sex
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Date of Issue of New Identity Card
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Name & Address of Owner/Keeper on
original date of issue of this card.
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Signature of owner/keeper on date of issue.
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Herd No.
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Date of Arrival on Farm (If Known)
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Last test date of animal for Tuberculosis was
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in Herd No.
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Last test date of animal for Brucellosis
was
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in Herd No.
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Testing Vet Code/
Issuing Officer Code
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............................................................ .....................................................
Signature of Issuing Officer/Certifier/
Veterinary Surgeon
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Certificate of Tuberculosis Testing
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I certify that
this animal passed the test indicated below and that no animal failed the
test.
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Date of Test
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Herd No.
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Signature of Veterinary Surgeon
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1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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Certificate of Brucellosis Testing
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I certify that
this animal passed the test indicated below and that no animal failed the
test.
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Date of Test
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Herd No.
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Signature of Certifier
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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Tag No.
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(BACK)
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Record of Owners/Keepers,
Transactions and Movements
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Record of
Transactions at Marts (to be completed by Mart Official)
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Date
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Code No. of Mart
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Lot No.
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Signature of Mart Official
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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Record of Owners/Keepers (to be completed
by each new owner/keeper on arrival of animal at holding)
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Arrival Date
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Herd Number or Keeper No.
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Name &
Address
(Block
Capitals)
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Signature
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1.
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Name.................................................
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Townland...........................................
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County...............................................
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2.
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Name.................................................
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Townland...........................................
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County...............................................
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3.
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Name.................................................
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Townland...........................................
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County...............................................
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Name.................................................
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Townland...........................................
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5.
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Name.................................................
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Townland...........................................
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County...............................................
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6.
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Name.................................................
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Townland...........................................
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7.
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Name.................................................
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Townland...........................................
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County...............................................
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This is an official document. It is the property of the Minister for
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Any alteration/defacement/damage
renders it invalid. Document must be signed by the owner/keeper and
completed at RECORD OF OWNERS/KEEPERS, TRANSACTIONS AND MOVEMENTS following
arrival of animal at each holding.
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Document must be surrendered (a) on request
to an Authorised Person (b) to the veterinary surgeon at the commencement of
test (c) to the new owner/keeper at time of sale/transfer (d) to the
factory/abattoir at time of slaughter (e) to the DVO
within 7 days in the event of death of the animal.
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this
31st day of May, 2000.
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JOE WALSH,
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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(This note is not part
of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
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This Order transposes into
Irish law the provisions of Council Directives 97/12/EC, 98/46/EC and
98/99/EC on health problems affecting intra-community trade in bovine
animals and swine, insofar as they relate to Bovine Tuberculosis.
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This Order outlines the
test to be used and procedural changes relating to veterinary certification
for export where an inconclusive reactor is disclosed at a test. The Order
also provides for the exchange of cattle identity cards of older animals for
new barcoded printed identity cards.
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(1) O.J.
No. L 109 of 25.04.97
(2) O.J.
No. L 198 of 15.07.98
(3) O.J.
No. L 358 of 31.12.98
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