Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th April, 2015.

I, Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 36 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Notification and Control of Animal Diseases Regulations 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. The Notification and Control of Animal Diseases Regulations 2014 are amended, by the insertion, after Regulation 3, of-

“Notification to specified person

3A. It is sufficient compliance with Regulation 3 for a person who is a member of the Animal Health Ireland Johne’s Disease Control Programme and to whom that Regulation applies to notify the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation of the suspicion that an animal, carcase, product, semen or embryo is affected or may be affected with Johne’s Disease.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 March 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.