Article 7 Documentation
The animal shall be accompanied by two official health certificates, one relating to rabies vaccination and one relating to treatment for Echinococcus multicularis and ticks.
The official health certificates—
shall be signed in relation to rabies by an official veterinary surgeon of a country specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland certifying that the certificate is accurate, and stamped by him with an official stamp indicating that he is an official veterinary surgeon;
shall be signed in relation to Echinococcus multicularis and ticks by a veterinary surgeon entitled to practise veterinary medicine in the country in which the treatment is administered.
The official health certificate relating to rabies vaccination shall contain the information specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.
The official health certificate relating to Echinococcus multicularis and ticks shall state—
the date and time of the treatment; and
the treatment used.
In addition to the official health certificates, any person bringing in an animal in accordance with this Order shall, at the time the animal is brought in, carry a written, signed declaration in English in the form set out in Schedule 4 to this Order that the animal has not been outside the territories set out in that Schedule in the six months preceding the animal being brought into England.
All certificates required under this article shall be in English but may, in addition to the English text, contain a translation in a language of any of the countries listed in Schedule 2.