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exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 10 , 13 , 35 and 38 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Sheep Dipping Order, 1965 (Amendment) Order, 1976, and shall come
to operation on the first day of June 1976. 2. (i)
this Order "the Principal Order" means the Sheep Dipping Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 105 of 1965 ). (ii) The Principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Sheep Dipping Orders, 1965 and 1976. 3. Each reference
Articles 8
: "'dipping period', subject to Article 20A of this Order, means the period beginning on the first day of October
any year and ending on the thirty-first day of January
the following year; "; ( b ) the substitution of the following Article for Article 9: "9. —
his possession any sheep unless it is accompanied by an exemption certificate given under Article 12 of this Order and relating to it, or— ( a )
case the person is
such possession at a time during a dipping period, such documentary evidence as may be prescribed by regulations made by the local authority under this Order showing that the sheep was dipped
that period or during the last previous dipping period, ( b )
case the person is
such possession at a time outside a dipping period, such documentary evidence as may be so prescribed showing that the sheep was dipped during the last previous dipping period.
any dipping period sheep are brought
to the State (which sheep are
this Order referred to as imported sheep) the person
possession or
charge of the imported sheep shall forthwith
form the local authority that the imported sheep have been imported and shall isolate the imported sheep from all other sheep and keep the imported sheep so isolated until each of them has been dipped
accordance with this Order."; ( d ) the substitution of "sheep (other than sheep exempted for the time being by an exemption certificate from dipping)" for "at the expiration of any first or second dipping period sheep (other than sheep exempted by an exemption certificate from dipping
such dipping period)"
; and ( e ) the
sertion of the following Article after Article 20; "20A. A local authority may make regulations providing that as regards the functional area of the authority this Order shall be construed and have effect as if for the period mentioned
the definition of 'dipping period '
hereof there were substituted such other period
any year (being a continuous period of less than four months and beginning on any day
the month of October, November, December or January and ending on a day which is not later than the 31st day of January) specified
the regulations, and
case a local authority makes regulations pursuant to this Article, then for so long as the regulations are
force this Order shall
relation to the functional area of the authority be construed and have effect
accordance with the regulations". 5. The following provisions of the Principal Order are hereby revoked: ( a ) the definition of "second dipping period"
; ( b )
paragraph
any first or second dipping period"; ( e )
each year"; ( f ) Form A
the Schedule thereto; and ( g )
Form D
the said Schedule the words "first/second". 6. Articles 7
paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively, of the Table to this Article. TABLE. 1. 7.—
accordance with the foregoing paragraph.
the possession or charge of any person have not been dipped
accordance with this Order, nor are deemed to have been so dipped, an
spector may, without prejudice to any proceedings
respect of the offence committed by such person
failing to have the sheep so dipped, serve on the person, and on any person
possession or
charge of any sheep
contact with the first-mentioned sheep, a notice
Form E
the Schedule hereto, requiring all or any of such hereinbefore-mentioned sheep to be dipped
the manner specified
the notice and upon the service of the notice it shall be unlawful for any person to move any of the sheep to which the notice relates from any land on which the sheep are at the date of the notice until the notice has been complied with. 3. 16.—
the opinion of a local authority it is desirable that any sheep
the functional area of the authority should be dipped at any particular time and place, the authority may serve on the person
possession or
charge of the sheep a requisition (
this Order referred to as a dipping requisition) requiring the person to dip the sheep at the time and place, and
the manner specified
such requisition and to the satisfaction of an
spector. 4. 19.—
spectors as may be necessary to enable proper supervision to be maintained on behalf of the authority with a view to securing the carrying out
their functional area of the provisions of this Order.
stead of two compulsory annual dippings, ( b ) removal of the requirement that sheep must have been previously clipped
the year
which the dipping takes place, ( c ) the making of Regulations by a local authority, if it so decides, fixing a shorter period within the prescribed dates as the dipping period for sheep within the authority's functional area, and ( d ) certain changes
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