http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/440/article/5The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 2011European UnionAnimalsEuropean ParliamentBirdsenANIMALS;ANIMAL HEALTHStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2020-12-31 This Order enforces—Commission Decision 2003/459/EC on certain protection measures with regard to monkey pox virus (O.J. No L 154, 21.6.2003, p.112),Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (O.J. No L 146, 13.6.2003, p.1),Commission Decision 2006/146/EC on certain protection measures with regard to certain fruit bats, dogs and cats coming from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia (O.J. No L 55, 25.2.2006, p.44),Commission Decision 2007/25/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community (O.J. No L 8, 13.1.2007, p.29), andCommission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs (O.J. No L 296, 15.11.2011, p.6). PART 251The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977 does not apply to the landing of a pet animal in Northern Ireland which—ais an animal of a species listed in Part A ... of Annex I to the Pets Regulation and is brought into Northern Ireland and satisfies—ithe requirement in respect of Rabies in Article 6iithe requirement in respect of Nipah disease in Article 7 (where applicable);iiithe requirement in respect of Hendra disease in Article 8 (where applicable); andivthe requirement in respect of Echinococcus multilocularis) in Article 9 (where applicable),bis brought into Northern Ireland directly from Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man; orcis an animal of a species listed in Part B of Annex I to the Pets Regulation and is brought into Northern Ireland from a member State.2The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977 does apply to the importation into Northern Ireland of a pet animal which is—aa prairie dog originating in, or coming from, the United States of America; orba rodent of non-domestic species or a squirrel originating in or coming from a third country of the African sub-Saharan region. S.R 1977 No. 113 as amended by S.R. 1977 No. 256, S.R.1994 No. 402, S.R. 2000 No.10 and S.R. 2005 No. 275 and disapplied by S.R. 2006 No. 401 Art. 5 in operation at 1.1.2012, see art. 1Words in art. 5(1)(a) omitted (23.7.2015) by virtue of The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/282), arts. 1, 6(1)Art. 5(1)(c) substituted (23.7.2015) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/282), arts. 1, 6(2)Word in art. 5(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/811), regs. 1(1), 13(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)