{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2011/440",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Controls on rabies and certain other diseases of mammals",
  "text": "(1) The 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—\n(a) is an animal of a species listed in Part A ... of Annex I to the Pets Regulation and is brought into Northern Ireland and satisfies—\n(i) the requirement in respect of Rabies in Article 6\n(ii) the requirement in respect of Nipah disease in Article 7 (where applicable);\n(iii) the requirement in respect of Hendra disease in Article 8 (where applicable); and\n(iv) the requirement in respect of Echinococcus multilocularis) in Article 9 (where applicable),\n(b) is brought into Northern Ireland directly from Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man; or\n(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 a member State.\n(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—\n(a) a prairie dog originating in, or coming from, the United States of America; or\n(b) a rodent of non-domestic species or a squirrel originating in or coming from a third country of the African sub-Saharan region.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in operation at 1.1.2012, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/440/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:18:20.116448+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}