STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
S.I. No. 162 of 2016
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PET PASSPORT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2014 (AMENDMENT)
REGULATIONS 2016
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S.I. No. 162 of 2016
PET PASSPORT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2014 (AMENDMENT)
REGULATIONS 2016
I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in
exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 36 of the Animal Health and
Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013) and, for the purposes of giving further effect
to Article 10 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 19921 (as amended by
Directive 2013/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June
2013) and Regulation (EU) No. 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 12 June 20132, hereby make the following regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pet Passport (No. 2) Regulations
2014 Amendment Regulations 2016.
2. The Pet Passport (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 602 of 2014) are
amended
(1) by the insertion after Regulation 9 of—
“ 9A. (1) A person shall not import or attempt to import a cat, dog or
ferret from another member state unless the cat, dog or ferret—
(a) satisfies the conditions set out in Article 6 of the Pet Passport
Regulation,
(b) has undergone a clinical examination by a veterinary practitioner
carried out within 48 hours of dispatch, and
(c) is accompanied by a duly completed health certificate which corresponds to the specimen in Part 1 of Annex E to the Council
Directive.”, and
(2) by the insertion in Regulation 11, after “9” of “, 9A”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
7 April 2016.
SIMON COVENEY,
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
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OJ No L268, 14.9.1992, p.54;
OJ No. L.178, 28.6.2013, p1
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th April, 2016.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal
interpretation)
These Regulations amend the Pet Passport (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No.
602 of 2014) to provide for the creation of an offence for the commercial movement into the State from other Member States, of cats, dogs and ferrets that are
not compliant with the EU Regulations.
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