Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th November, 2020.

I, CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), hereby make the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (Application to specified diseases) Order 2020.

2. The provisions of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 apply to each disease specified in the Schedule.

3. The following are revoked:

(a) the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (Application to tuberculosis) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 109 of 2014 ), and

(b) the Animal Health and Welfare Act (Application of Act to Disease) Order 2018 ( S.I. No. 135 of 2018 ).

Schedule

1. Batrachchytrium salamandrivorans (BSa1).

2. Bovine genital campylobacteriosis.

3. Foot pad dermatitis in poultry.

4. Heartwater.

5. Leishmaniasis.

6. Tuberculosis in animals other than ruminants.

7. All diseases that may be transmitted to an animal from a human or to a human from an animal, other than a zoonotic disease referred to in Schedule 3 to the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 , or otherwise referred to in this Schedule.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 November, 2020.

CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to make the diseases listed in the Schedule diseases to which the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 applies.