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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3443, as amended by S.I. 2000/1298, S.I. 2000/1564, S.I. 2000/1641, S.I. 2001/6 and S.I. 2002/1011).

The amendments—

(a)

extend the Pet Travel Scheme to the coterminous states of the United States of America, Alaska and Canada as qualifying countries and territories;

(b)

change the requirements of the Scheme relating to cats and dogs which are identified under a mandatory identification system of a competent authority of a country or territory in Schedule 2 or Schedule 6 to this Order.

A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Animal Identification and International Trade Division of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 1A Page Street, London SW1P 4PQ.