European Union (Animal Health) (Adaptation) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 112 of 2014).

These Regulations provide that an authorised officer (as defined by section 2 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013) is also an authorised for the purposes of the instruments listed in Schedule 1. An authorised officer may exercise the powers conferred by section 38 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. An authorised officer may, in substitution for the powers mentioned in column (4) of the Schedule, exercise any or all of the powers mentioned in section 38 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.