The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2015 No. 282

Animals

Animal Health

The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Made

24th June 2015

Coming into operation

23rd July 2015

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.

The Department makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5, 19, 24 and 60 of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(3) and section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(4).

(1)

S.I. 2000/2812 and S.I. 1999/2027.

(2)

1972 c. 68 (“the 1972 Act”). Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule.

(3)

S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I.1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17, S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 20 and 23, S.R. 1994 No. 161, S.R. 2004 No. 362 and 2006 No. 41 and Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 1) Section 19

(4)

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, and amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, Part 1 of the Schedule, and S.I. 2007/1388.