Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 924
Animals, England
Animal Health
The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
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 animals( 1 ).
In accordance with Article 39(7) of that Regulation( 2 ), 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.
Citation, commencement, expiry, extent and application
1. —(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.
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013
2. —(1)Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals( 3 ) 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 2022 ( 4 ) ” .
Benyon
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
31st August 2022
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 .
Article 39 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1463 .
EUR 2013/576, amended by S.I. 2022/420 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Chapter 1.1.6, Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, World Organisation for Animal Health, 2021 (updated 28.06.22): https://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/1.01.06_VALIDATION.pdf . Note that the pages at this link make reference to the OIE terrestrial manual 2018.