2006 No. 346
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIESANIMALS
The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Made 23rd August 2006
Coming into operation 1st September 2006

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being designated, for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 56(1), (2) and (5) of the Finance Act 1973 and with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Regulations.
S.I. 2000/2812
1972 c. 68
1973 c. 51

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2006.

2 Interpretation
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

Amendment of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
3 1 The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 shall be amended in accordance with these Regulations.
S.R. 2005 No. 78 as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 446 and S.R. 2006 No. 105
2 In Part I of Schedule 4 after paragraph 2 there shall be inserted—

“2A Commission Decision 2000/666/EC laying down the animals health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine (O.J. No. L278, 31.10.2000, p. 26) as read with Council Directive 92/65/EEC.”

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4 In Part II of Schedule 4 after paragraph 9 there shall be inserted—

“Captive birds
9A Commission Decision 2000/666/EC laying down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine (O.J. No. L278, 31.10.2000, p. 26) as read with or amended by—
Council Directive 92/65/EC;
Commission Decision 2001/383/EC (O.J. No. L137, 19.5.01, p. 28);
Commission Decision 2002/279/EC (O.J. No. L99, 16.04.02, p.17); and
the European International Instruments.
Relevant provisions: Articles 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9.”

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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 23rd August 2006.
Norman Fulton A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 23rd August 2006.
Mary McIvor A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 S.R. 2005 No. 78.
The Regulations update Schedule 4 in order to bring the implementation of Community instruments as up-to-date as possible. The changes made to Schedule 4 are in relation to the countries from which imports are permitted of captive birds going to approved bodies, institutes or centres and lists instruments covering trade in captive birds going to approved bodies, institutes or centres.