S.I. No.
215/1999 — European Communities (Knackery) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.
S.I. No. 215/1999 — European Communities
(Knackery) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999. 1999
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
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S.I. No.
215 of 1999.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (KNACKERY)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.
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S.I. No. 215 of 1999.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (KNACKERY)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.
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I, JOE WALSH, Minister for
Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3
of the European Communities Act, 1972 ( No. 27 of 1972 ) hereby make the
following Regulations:—
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1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European
Communities (Knackery) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.
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(2) These Regulations shall come into operation
on the 21st day of July 1999.
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(3) The European Communities (Knackery)
Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 396 of 1996 ) and these
Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Knackery)
Regulations, 1996 and 1999.
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2. Regulation 2 (1) of the European Communities
(Knackery) Regulations, 1996 is hereby amended by the substitution for
paragraph (b) in the definition of “knackery” of the following paragraph:
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“(b) for the cutting up of dead animals,
for sale as food for packs of hounds, or”
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this
14th day of July, 1999.
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JOE WALSH,
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Minister for Agriculture and Food
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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 amend the
European Communities (Knackery) Regulations, 1996, by restricting the sale
of meat from knackeries to feed for packs of hounds.
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