The Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1981 No. 1115 — creates 12 criminal offences.

Made

31 July 1981

In force from

Not determined

Extent

N.I.

Subject

Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife

Explanatory note

No explanatory note was published with this instrument, or none was found in its text.

Offences created by this instrument

• Orders prohibiting import of animals, etc article 24(5) · Revoked · Strict liability
• A person to whom a restriction notice is given commits an offence (whether or not the notice is the subject of an… article 32G(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any other person commits an offence if he uses any semen, egg or embryo which he knows, or has reasonable cause to… article 32G(2) · Revoked · Objective fault
• If any person has in his possession or administers to any animal a substance, in contravention of Article 33, he shall… article 35(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Powers of entry: supplementary provisions article 46C(11) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any person who without lawful authority or excuse, proof of which shall lie on him,— a contravenes any provision of… article 52(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• (l) rep. by SR 2003/495 m where the Department has by order prohibited, absolutely or conditionally, the use for the… article 52(2) · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• A person who— a fails to give his name and address when required to do so under Article 46C(4); or b gives a false or… article 52(8) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes any false statement for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other… article 53(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Any person who obstructs or impedes any person duly authorised under Article 9 to make any inspection shall be guilty… article 53(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Deliberate infection article 5A(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Deliberate infection article 5A(2) · Revoked · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1981