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Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966).

Country
Ireland
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Keywords
Abstract
The Act consists of 57 sections divided into 6 Chapters: Preliminary and general; Control and eradication of disease; Functions of local authorities; Administration; Offences and legal proceedings; Miscellaneous.
The Minister may make orders, subject and according to the provisions of this Act (sect. 3). The Minister may grant licences for any of the purposes of this Act, attach conditions to any such licence, vary such conditions and revoke any such licence (sect. 5). ) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall apply to the animals, poultry and diseases specified in the First Schedule (sect. 11). The Minister may make Orders relating to infected places and areas (sect. 15). The Minister may for any Class B disease set up and maintain a register of herds or flocks of any particular species of animals or poultry. Herds or flocks registered in a register shall be known as attested or disease-free herds or flocks or by such other description as the Minister may prescribe (sect. 24). Section 27 provides for the regulation of movement of animals, fairs, markets, etc. whereas section 30 concerns import of animals, poultry, etc. Notwithstanding anything in this Act the Minister may by order permit the landing of imported animals, poultry or eggs for immediate conveyance in such manner and subject to such precautions as he may prescribe to premises or accommodation approved by him for quarantine purposes and to be called a quarantine station (sect. 31).
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ire20914.pdf
Web site
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie
Long title of text
An Act to consolidate with amendments the enactments relating to diseases of animals and to provide for certain other matters relating to animals.
Date of text
Repealed
Yes
Source language

English

Legislation status
repealed
Legislation Amendment
No
Amended by
Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 3 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) (Meat and Bone Meal and Poultry Offal) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 551 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 469 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 1 of 1999).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) Order, 1998 (S.I. No. 199 of 1998).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) Order, 1995 (S.I. No. 46 of 1995).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1995 (S.I. No. 97 of 1995).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order, 1995 (S.I. No. 276 of 1995).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Salmonella in Pigs) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 111 of 2007).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (First Schedule) Order, 2010 (S.I. No. 467 of 2010).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (First Schedule and Notification) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 366 of 2009).
Implemented by
Diseases of Animals (Notification of Infectious Diseases) Order, 1995 (S.I. No. 274 of 1995).
African Swine Fever Order, 1986.
Diseases of Animals (Bovine Leukosis) Order, 1977.
Diseases of Animals (Carriage of Cattle by Sea) Order, 1996.
Diseases of Animals (Poultry Feed) Order, 1991.
Diseases of Animals (Disinfectants) Order, 1975.
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Varroasis in Bees) Order, 1998.
European Communities (Diseases of Animals Acts, 1966 and 1979, Orders) (General Authorisations for Imports) Regulations, 1985.
Livestock (Regulation of Export) Order, 1992.
Diseases of Animals Acts,1966 to 2001 (Approval and Registration of Dealers and Dealers Premises) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 79 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Removal of Certain Import Restrictions) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 239 of 2001).
Foot and Mouth Disease (Hay, Straw and Peat Moss Litter) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 49 of 2001).
Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and Other Equipment) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 51 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Movement of Persons) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 160 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease)(Restriction on Movement of Persons)(Amendment) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 237 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 162 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Regulation of Sheep Shearing) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 228 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Imports from the United Kingdom) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 178 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Restriction on Artificial Insemination) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 144 of 2001).
Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) Order, 1991.
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Certain Animals) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 121 of 2001).
Foot and Mouth Disease (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 104 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 108 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Export and Movement Restrictions) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 110 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and- Mouth Disease)(Export and Import of Horses) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 105 of 2001).
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Hay, Straw and Peat Moss Litter) (Amendment) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 86 of 2001).
Foot and Mouth Disease (Restriction of Import of Vehicles, Machinery and other Equipment) Order, 2001 (Amendment)(No.2) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 84 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No.2) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 83 of 2001).
S.I. No. 82 of 2001 Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 82 of 2001).
European Communities (Import Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease)) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 55 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 3) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 83 of 2001).
Foot and Mouth (Restriction on Movement of Horses) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 68 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control on Animal Products) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 390 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) (Notification and Control) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 352 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Classical Swine Fever) (Restriction on Imports from Germany) (No. 2) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 287 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control on Animal and Poultry Vaccines) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 528 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Aujeszky’s Disease) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 479 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Avian Influenza) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from The Netherlands) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 82 of 2003).
European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from the United States of America) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 95 of 2003).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control on Animal Products) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 114 of 2003).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (African Swine Fever) (Restriction on imports from Sardinia) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 619 of 2003).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Avian Influenza) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from Germany) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 221 of 2003).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import of Sheep for Fattening and Breeding from Northern Ireland) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 503 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act (Importation of Sheep) Order, 2004 (S.I. No. 503 of 2004).
European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Control on imports of Avian Products from the United States of America) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 266 of 2004).
Diseases of Animals (Carriage of Cattle by Sea) Order 1996 (Extension of Application to Sheep and Consequential Provisions) Order 2002 (S.I. 99 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restrictions on Import of Agricultural Machinery) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 32 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Removal of Certain Import Restrictions) Order, 2002 (S.I. No. 31 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Restriction on Exhibition, Sale and Transport of Animals) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 318 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Cattle) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 383 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Control on Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer in Sheep) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 381 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import of Sheep from Northern Ireland) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 364 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Restriction on Movement of Certain Animals) (No. 2) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 308 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (National Sheep Identification System) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 281 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Control on Movement of Sheep) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 314 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Import Restrictions) (No. 4) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 118 of 2001).
Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Specified Risk Material) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 31 of 2001).
European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 423 of 2004).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Imports from Spain) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 690 of 2004).
European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Control on imports of Avian Products from South Africa) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 509 of 2004).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) (Meat and Bone Meal and Poultry Offal) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 551 of 2002).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Section 54) (Appointed Day and Exemptions) Order, 1967 (S.I. No. 217 of 1967).
Diseases of Animals (Notification of Infectious Diseases) Order, 1992 (S.I. No. 251 of 1992).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Poultry Premises) Order, 2005 (S.I. No. 677 of 2005).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Notification and Control of Animal Diseases) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 359 of 2006).
Importation of Pathogenic Agents Order, 1997 (S.I. No. 373 of 1997).
Diseases of Animals (Equine Viral Arteritis) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 36 of 1996).
Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) Order, 1989 (S.I. No. 61 of 1989).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) (Fertilisers Soil Improvers) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 615 of 2006).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Bluetongue) (Restriction on Imports from Bulgaria) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 702 of 2006).
European Communities (Bluetongue) (Restrictions on Import) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 703 of 2006).
European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Control on imports of Avian Products from South Africa) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 498 of 2006).
Poultry, Poultry Carcases, Poultry Eggs and Poultry Products (Restrictions on Importation) Order, 1971 (S.I. No. 139 of 1971).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restriction on bird shows or other events) Order, 2006 (S.I. No. 53 of 2007).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Salmonella in Pigs) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 111 of 2007).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restriction on bird shows or other events) No. 2 Order, 2007 (S.I. No. 264 of 2007).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restriction on bird shows or other events) (No. 3) Order, 2007 (S.I. No. 764 of 2007).
Diseases of Animals (Animal Transport) (Roll-on Roll-off vessels) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 580 of 2007).
European Communities (Diseases of Animals Acts 1966 and 1979 Orders) (General Authorisations for Imports) (Restriction) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 575 of 2007).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Poultry Premises) Order, 2008 (S.I. No. 42 of 2008).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Bluetongue) (Restriction on imports from restricted zones) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 46 of 2008).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Notification and Control of Animal Diseases) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 101 of 2008).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Restriction on bird shows or other events) Order, 2008 (S.I. No. 165 of 2008).
Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Prohibition on the Use of Swill) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 597 of 2001).
Rabies (Importation, Landing and Movement of Animals) Order, 1972 (S.I. No. 16 of 1972).
European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 263 of 2009).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control of Salmonella in Swine) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 522 of 2009).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 Rabies (Notification and Control of Animal Diseases) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 292 of 2009).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Control of Salmonella in Ducks) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 565 of 2010).
European Communities (Foot and Mouth Disease) (Restrictions on Imports from Bulgaria) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 12 of 2011).
European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 7 of 2012).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Horse Premises) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 8 of 1912).
European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 504 of 2012).
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Order 2012 (S.I. No. 532 of 2012).
Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 276 of 1999).
Diseases of Animals (Protection of Animals during Transport) Order, 1995.
Diseases of Animals (Feeding and Use of Swill) Order, 1985.
European Communities (Control of Infectious Animal Diseases) Regulations, 1994.
European Communities (Newcastle disease) Regulations, 1994.
European Communities (Swine Vesicular Disease) Regulations, 1995.
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (National Pig Identification and Tracing System) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 341 of 2002).
Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 (S.I. 308 of 1989).
Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1996 (S.I. 104 of 1996).
European Communities (Control of Foot and Mouth Disease) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 51 of 2012).
Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Foot and Mouth Disease Orders) (Revocation) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 195 of 2013).
European Communities (Control of Bluetongue) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 676 of 2007).
Repealed by
Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.