Clean Wool Act, 1947. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Legislation Date 1947 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision for improving the cleanliness of raw wool. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal by-products Standards Inspection Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract A person who shears sheep shall, before or during the act of shearing, separate from the flECe all wool on which a prohibited substance is present. "Prohibited substance" means a substance which: (a) is, or contains, tar, pitch or paint incapable of being removed by scouring, or (b) is, or contains, a substance to which this ion applies, or (c) is, daggings. Section 5 prohibits dealings in wool on which prohibited substance is present. The Minister may by order prohibit the use of any specified substance in branding sheep generally or in branding sheep of a specified breed (sect. 6). No person shall manufacture any sheep dip, whether it is or is not approved sheep dip within the meaning of the Sheep Dipping Order, which contains colouring matter (not being an ingredient essential for remedying or preventing sheep scab or any other external parasitic disease of sheep) and which, when applied in any manner to sheep, imparts a stain or colour to the wool (sect. 7). Section 8 prohibits dealings in such sheep-dip. Remaining provisions deal with powers of authorized officers, expenses, and prescribe offences. Full text English Website www.bailii.org