1. This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2004.
2.—(1) Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) shall be modified as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In Part I (Power to slaughter) for paragraph 5 there shall be substituted the following paragraph –
“5. Brucellosis:
(1) Subject and according to the provisions of this Order, the Department may by order provide for the slaughter of –
(a)any cattle affected with brucellosis or suspected of being so affected; or
(b)any cattle which are or have been in contact with such cattle or with any other animal affected or suspected of being affected with brucellosis or which appear to the Department to have been in any way exposed to a significant risk of infection of brucellosis.
(2) An order under sub-paragraph (1) may provide for the slaughter of cattle under that paragraph to be made subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the order.
(3) The Department may cause to be slaughtered any animal (other than cattle) affected or suspected of being affected with brucellosis or which is or has been in contact with an animal affected with brucellosis or which appears to the Department to have been in any way exposed to the infection of brucellosis.”.
(3) In Part II (Compensation in respect of the slaughter of animals and poultry) for the reference in paragraph 5 to “paragraph 5(2) of Part I” there shall be substituted “paragraph 5(3) of Part I”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 26th August 2004.
L.S.
D. Small
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development