Article 5 Controls on rabies and certain other diseases of mammalsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977^f1 does not apply to the landing of a pet animal in Northern Ireland which—

(a)

is an animal of a species listed in Part A F1... of Annex I to the Pets Regulation and is brought into Northern Ireland and satisfies—

(i)

the requirement in respect of Rabies in Article 6

(ii)

the requirement in respect of Nipah disease in Article 7 (where applicable);

(iii)

the requirement in respect of Hendra disease in Article 8 (where applicable); and

(iv)

the requirement in respect of Echinococcus multilocularis) in Article 9 (where applicable),

(b)

is brought into Northern Ireland directly from Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man; or

F2(c)

is an animal of a species listed in Part B of Annex I to the Pets Regulation and is brought into Northern Ireland from F3a member State.

(2)

The 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—

(a)

a prairie dog originating in, or coming from, the United States of America; or

(b)

a rodent of non-domestic species or a squirrel originating in or coming from a third country of the African sub-Saharan region.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words 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)
F2: 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)
F3: 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)

Commencement

I1: Art. 5 in operation at 1.1.2012, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: 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