Notification and Control of Diseases affecting Terrestrial Animals (No.2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 130 of 2016).

These Regulations make provision for notification of diseases affecting animals for purposes of section 36 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. A person who has reasonable grounds to suspect that an animal or animal product is affected, or may be affected with a disease, whether by reason of an examination, test, including a laboratory test or otherwise, shall, without any delay, notify the fact or suspicion to an officer of the Minister at the local office of the Department or in cases where an official control programme is in place, to the persons or authority responsible for that control programme. If notice of a disease listed in Part A of the Schedule is given under Regulation 3, a person shall not, for a period of 7 days, except in accordance with a licence granted by an authorised officer, (a) move or cause or permit another person to move an animal or animal product or a thing that has been used in connection with the animal or the animal product onto or from the land or premises on which it is located, (b) spread or cause or permit another person to spread slurry on any land or premises, or (c) otherwise dispose of or cause another person to dispose of an animal, animal product or a thing to which paragraph (a) relates. The Regulations grant powers to authorised officers to issue restriction notices to the effect that an animal, animal product or other thing may only be moved from premises under a licence issued by the authorised officer. The Minister may impose a control plan on affected land or premises.