The Zoonoses Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Zoonoses Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 24th December 1997.
Interpretation2.
In this Order—
“animals” means bovine animals, sheep, goats, deer and all other ruminant animals; and
“the 1981 Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
Designation of spongiform encephalopathies for the purposes of Article 7 of the 1981 Order3.
(1)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, being a disease which is carried in animals and constitutes in the opinion of the Department, a risk to human health, is hereby designated for the purposes of Article 7 of the 1981 Order.
(2)
The provisions of the 1981 Order listed in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect for the purpose of preventing the spread of the disease designated under paragraph (1) to or among humans as they have effect for the purpose of preventing the spread of that disease among animals.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on
SCHEDULEProvisions of the Disease of Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 1981 applied in relation to bovine spongiform encephalopathy with a view to reducing the risk to human health from that disease.
Provisions | Description |
|---|---|
Article 2 | Interpretation |
Article 3 | Expenditure for the eradication of diseases |
Article 5(1) | Prevention or checking of disease |
Article 6 | Seizure and destruction of carcases etc. |
Article 9 | Power to obtain information for the purpose of Article 3 |
Article 10 | Separation of diseased animals and poultry and notice of disease |
Article 11 | Treatment of animals or poultry exposed to infection |
Article 12 | General provisions as to infected places and areas |
Article 14 | Orders relating to infected places and areas |
Article 15 | Power to exclude strangers |
Article 16 | Slaughter of diseased and suspected animals and poultry |
Article 17 | Additional officers and expenses for the purposes of slaughter |
Article 18 | General provisions relative to slaughter and compensation |
Article 19 | Regulation of movement of animals and poultry, etc. |
Article 20 | Disease found in animals in transit |
Article 24 | Orders prohibiting imports of animals, etc. |
Article 29 | Regulations of ports, aerodromes, landing places and imported animals, poultry, etc. |
Article 31 | Compensation not payable for animals temporarily quarantined in Northern Ireland |
Article 32 | Export of animals and poultry |
Article 42 | Functions of constables |
Article 44 | Records and returns |
Article 45 | Seizure of records |
Article 46 | General powers of inspectors |
Article 50 | Payment of fees and expenses |
Article 51 | Evidence and service of instruments |
Article 52(1) to (5) | Offences |
Article 53 | Offences in respect of Article 3 |
Article 54 | Defences and evidence |
Article 55 | Extension of time for bringing summary proceedings |
Article 56 | Venue |
Article 57 | Proceedings under Customs Acts for unlawful landing or shipping |
Article 58 | Persons to whom compensation may be paid and liabilities of persons other than owners |
Article 59 | Yearly return by the Department |
Article 60(1) | General power to make Orders |
Article 61(3) | Publications etc. of Orders |
Schedule 3 Part I and II (Matters about which provision may be made in an Order under Article 24) | |
Article 7 of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”) empowers the Department, with a view to reducing the risk to human health from any disease carried in animals or poultry, to make an Order designating any disease which, in its opinion, constitutes such a risk and to apply any provision of the 1981 Order to that disease.
This Order designates bovine spongiform encephalopathy for the purposes of Article 7 (Article 3(1)) and applies certain provisions of the 1981 Order to bovine spongiform encephalopathy with a view to preventing the spread of that disease to or among humans (Article 3(2) and the Schedule).