The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974

Indictable offences E+W+S

17.— [F1 (1)] Without prejudice to section 80 of the Act (summary proceedings), any person who knowingly, and with intent to evade any provision of this order, or any provision of a licence granted hereunder,—

(a) lands or attempts to land an animal in Great Britain the landing of which is prohibited by Article 4(1) above, or causes or permits the landing or attempted landing of any such animal, or

(b) lands or attempts to land an animal in Great Britain in contravention of any provision of this order, or of a licence granted hereunder, or in respect of the landing of an animal in Great Britain, fails to comply with any such provision, or causes or permits any such contravention or non-compliance, or

(c) with respect to an animal which has been landed in Great Britain, does or omits to do anything relating to the detention and isolation in quarantine of the animal in contravention of any provision of this order, or of a licence granted hereunder,

commits an offence against the Act, and shall be liable to prosecution on indictment.

[F2 (2) This article does not apply to the landing or attempted landing of an animal subject to [F3 Article 10] of the Pets Regulation brought directly into Great Britain from a place in the Republic of Ireland.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 17 renumbered as art. 17(1) (1.1.2012) by The Non Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2883), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 18(a) (with art. 19)

F2 Art. 17(2) inserted (1.1.2012) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2883), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 18(b) (with art. 19)

F3 Words in art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 35(5)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 17 in force at 5.2.1975, see art. 1