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

Made11th February 2000

Coming into operation28th February 2000

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development1, 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 19812 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

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) 19772.

After Article 4(B)3 of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 19774 (“the 1977 Order”) there shall be inserted the following Article:

“The Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) Order4C.
(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 19995; or
(b)
released from quarantine there in accordance with Article 5A of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 19746
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 127.
(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.

R. S. Johnston

A Senior Officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

(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.