The Importation of Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made: 27th February 2014

Coming into operation: 1st April 2014

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development[^f00001] in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(1), 19(e) and (i), 20(1) and (2), 21(a), 24(1) and (1A), 29(1) and (2) and 60(1), paragraph 2 of Part II, and paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 3 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00002], makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Importation of Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2014.

Amendment of the Importation of Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 1986

2

The Importation of Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 1986[^f00003] shall be amended as follows—

• (a) In Articles 10, 11, 13 and 16 for each occurrence of the words “the notice prescribed in Schedule 3” substitute the words “a notice”;

• (b) Schedule 3 shall be omitted.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th February 2014

Kate Davey — A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Importation of Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 (S.R. 1986 No. 253) by omitting Schedule 3 and making certain consequential amendments.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17, S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 20 and 23, S.R. 1994 No. 11, S.R. 2004 No. 362 and S.R. 2006 No. 41 and the Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c.1)

[^f00003]: S.R. 1986 No. 253 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 194