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The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/924 · Made 31 August 2022

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Animals, England

Animal Health

Made 31st August 2022

Laid before Parliament 1st September 2022

Coming into force 1st October 2022

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animalsf1.

In accordance with Article 39(7) of that Regulationf2, before making these Regulations, the Secretary of State has consulted such bodies or persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considered appropriate.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

EUR 2013/576. Article 38 was amended by S.I. 2020/1463. For the definition of appropriate authority, see Article 3A which was inserted by S.I. 2020/1388.

f2

Article 39 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1463.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, expiry, extent and application
  2. 2Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, expiry, extent and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 1st October and expire on 1st April 2023.

(3)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(4)

These Regulations apply in England.

2Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animalsf1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Annex 4—

(a)

in point 2(b), at the end insert “, except where point 2A applies”;

(b)

after point 2, insert—

“2A.

This point applies where the Secretary of State has administered a test which measures a level of antibody to rabies virus in serum of the animal tested equal to or greater than 0.3 EU/ml and using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method that meets the validation standards set out in Chapter 1.1.6. of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2022f2”.

Signature

Benyon

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

31st August 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 amends Regulation (EU) No 2013/576 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals (EUR 2013/576) to permit the use of an alternative antibody titre test for pet animals entering England from a third country, for a further period of 6 months, following the expiry of S.I. 2022/420. These Regulations expire on 1st April 2023.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

A copy of the validation standard can be inspected free of charge by contacting the Animal Welfare team at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2 Marsham St, London SW1P 4DF.