Amendment to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974

2.—(1) The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974(1) is amended as follows.

(2) After article 5(2) (detention and isolation in quarantine) insert—

“(2A) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to any animal of the order Rodentia or Lagomorpha where a licence granted under article 4(3) states that it is being brought into Scotland—

(a) for use at research premises in connection with scientific research; or

(b) to a zoo (within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981(2)) which operates under the authority of a licence issued under that Act.”.

(3) In article 7(1) (control of movement of animals after landing), after “a licence granted under Article 4 above” insert “(other than an animal which, by virtue of article 5(2A), is exempted from the requirements of article 5(2))”.

(1)

S.I. 1974/2211, as relevantly amended by S.I. 1977/361, 1984/1182, 1986/2062, 1990/2371, 1993/1813 and 1994/1716.

(2)

1981 c.37, as relevantly amended by the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations (S.S.I. 2003/174).