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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
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S.I. No.
328 of 1999.
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ABATTOIRS ACT, 1988 (ABATTOIRS)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.
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S.I. No. 328 of 1999.
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ABATTOIRS ACT, 1988 (ABATTOIRS)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.
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I, JOE WALSH, Minister for
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development in exercise of the powers conferred
on me by sections 39 and 63 of the Abattoirs Act, 1988 (No. 8 of 1988)
hereby make the following Regulations:
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1. (a) These Regulations may be cited as
the Abattoirs Act, 1988 (Abattoirs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.
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(b) The collective citation “the Abbattoirs Act, 1988 (Abattoirs) Regulations, 1989 to
1999” shall include these Regulations.
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(c) The Abattoirs Act, 1988 (Abbattoirs) Regulations, 1989 to 1999 shall be construed
together as one.
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2. These Regulations shall
come into force on the 1st day of November, 1999.
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3. The Abattoirs Act, 1988
(Abattoirs) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 152 of 1989 ) are hereby amended by
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(a) the substitution in Regulation 3(1)
as follows
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“ “ear-tag” has the meaning assigned to it
under the Abattoirs Act, 1988 (Veterinary Examination) (Amendment)
Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 327 of 1999 ),”
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“identity card” has the meaning assigned to it
under the Abattoirs Act, 1988 (Veterinary Examination) (Amendment)
Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 327 of 1999 ),”
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(b) the substitution of Regulation 59(1)
as follows
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“59. (1) No cattle shall
be accepted for slaughter by an abattoir unless the animal has affixed to
its ear an ear-tag and is accompanied by an identity card in relation to the
identification of the animal.”
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this
20th day of October, 1999.
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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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These Regulations update
the definitions of “ear-tag” and “identify card” and provide that all
animals accepted for slaughter must have an ear-tag and identity card.
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