# Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Act 2025, Section 7: Consequential provision

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

(1) In Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 of 28 June 2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in Section A of Part 3 of Annex IV (model of declaration)—
(a) omit “or the natural person who has authorisation in writing from the owner to carry out the non-commercial movement on behalf of the owner (1)” in the first and third places those words occur (that is to say, in the paragraph after “I, the undersigned” and the paragraph after “Place and date:”);
(b) for “his movement” substitute “the owner’s movement”.
(2) In Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, in Article 53 (official controls not performed at border control posts), in paragraph 1(d)(iv), for “which meet the conditions laid down in Article 5 of” substitute “for a purpose connected with”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/30/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-import-of-dogs-cats-and-ferrets-act-2025/section-7
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