Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2000 No. 10

ANIMALS

Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000

Made

11th February 2000

Coming into operation

28th February 2000

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 29(1) and (2), 60(1) and (2) and 62(2) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to, the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 28th February 2000.

Amendment of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977

2.  After Article 4(B)(3) of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977(4) (“the 1977 Order”) there shall be inserted the following Article:

“The Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) Order

4C.— (1) The following provisions shall not apply in the case of pet cats or pet dogs which have been

(a) brought into England under and in accordance with the provisions of the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999(5); or

(b) released from quarantine there in accordance with Article 5A of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974(6)

and subsequently brought to Northern Ireland, that is to say—

(i) the prohibition and restrictions on landing contained in Articles 4(1), (7) and (8);

(ii) the requirements in respect of detention and isolation in quarantine contained in Article 5(2);

(iii) the controls on the movement of animals on landing contained in Article 7; and

(iv) the prohibitions and requirements in respect of detention and isolation on board vessels in harbour contained in Article 12(7).

(2) In paragraph (1) “pet cats” and “pet dogs” shall have the same meaning as in the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11th February 2000.

L.S.

R. S. Johnston

A Senior Officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order further amends the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977 by permitting the free movement between England and Northern Ireland of pet cats and pet dogs which have been brought into England under the provisions of the Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999.

(1)

See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3

(2)

S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Article 23

(3)

Article 4B was inserted by S.R. 1994 No. 402

(4)

S.R. 1977 No. 113 as amended by S.R. 1977 No. 256 and S.R. 1994 No. 402

(5)

S.I. 1999/3443

(6)

S.I. 1974/2211 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. Article 5A was inserted by S.I. 1999/3443

(7)

Article 12 was substituted by S.R. 1977 No. 256