Statutory Instruments.

S.I. No. 714 of 2003

BOVINE DISEASES (LEVIES) REGULATIONS, 2003

PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE

DUBLIN

S.I. No. 714 of 2003

BOVINE DISEASES (LEVIES) REGULATIONS, 2003

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2(2) and 19(1) of No. 26 of 1979 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 306 of 2002 )), hereby make the following regulations with respect to which, pursuant to section 2 (5) of that Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

 1.        (1)       These Regulations may be cited as the Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations 2003.

(2)       These Regulations come into operation on the 1^st day of January, 2004.

 2.        The prescribed amount of levy payable under section 2 of the Bovine Diseases (Levies) Act 1979 ( No. 26 of 1979 ) shall be -

(a)       as regards milk, 0.75 cent per gallon, and

(b)       as regards animals slaughtered or exported live, €3.80 per animal.

 3.        The Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 596 of 2002 ) are revoked.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations which come into effect on the 1^st of January 2004 prescribe new rates of disease levy on milk for processing and on bovine animals slaughtered or exported live.