Pet Passport Regulations 2014.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as Pet Passport Regulations 2014 and come into operation on 6 March 2014 and cease to have effect on 28 December 2014.
(1) In these Regulations—
(2) A word or an expression used in these Regulations and which is also used in the Pet Passport Regulation has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations that it has in the Pet Passport Regulation.
3(1) A person who imports or exports a pet cat, dog or ferret–
(a) from another Member State, or from a territory listed in section 2 of Part B of Annex II to the Pet Passport Regulation, or
(b) to another Member State or to a territory listed in section 2 of Part B of Annex II to the Pet Passport Regulation,
(i) a clearly readable tattoo applied before 3 July 2011, or
(ii) an electronic identification system,
(2) A person who fails to comply with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the Pet Passport Regulation, which provides that the owner of an animal must provide the means necessary for reading a transponder in certain circumstances, commits an offence.
(3) The operator of a vessel, vehicle or aircraft used to import a cat, dog or ferret (other than from the United Kingdom) shall not import the dog, cat or ferret unless he or she has given the Minister prior notice of the intention to import in accordance with paragraph (4).
(4) The Minister may direct the period, form and method of notification to be made under paragraph (3) and a person shall comply with the direction.
(5) This Regulation applies to dogs, cats and ferrets to which either the Pet Passport Regulation or, without prejudice to Regulation 4, Article 10 (2) of the Council Directive refers.
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paragraphs: A person shall not import or export, or attempt to import or export, a dog, cat or ferret subject to trade unless the dog, cat or ferret is accompanied by a certificate that conforms to the second subparagraph of Article 10(2) of the Council Directive.
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paragraphs: A person who imports a pet cat, dog or ferret from a third country or a territory not listed in Part A or Part B of Annex II to the Pet Passport Regulation, commits an offence unless the cat, dog or ferret is-
(a) identified by an identification system as required by Article 8(1),
(b) has undergone vaccination and testing as required by Article 8(1), and
(c) is accompanied by a certificate or passport that complies with Article 8(2),
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paragraphs: A person, including the operator of a transport business, who imports a pet dog, cat or ferret to which Regulation 5 refers other than through Dublin Airport commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person, including the operator of a transport business, who imports a dog, cat or ferret from a third country shall carry out all necessary checks to ensure that the animal is being brought into the State in compliance with these Regulations.
(2) The operator of a transport business shall maintain for a period of three years a detailed record of the checks carried out to ensure compliance with paragraph (1) and make it available on request to an authorised officer.
(3) The Minister may direct the form of record to be maintained for the purposes of paragraph (2) and a person shall comply with the direction.
(4) A record maintained for the purposes of this regulation may be maintained in non-legible form if it is capable of being reproduced in legible form.
8(1) A person, who imports a dog commits an offence unless—
(a) the dog has been treated against Echinococcus multilocularis in accordance with Article 7(1), and
(b) is accompanied by a certificate as provided for in Article 7(3),
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a dog brought into the State from Finland, the United Kingdom, Malta or Norway.
9(1) A registered veterinary practitioner may—
(a) on application being made to him or her by the owner of a pet animal, and
(b) after examining the animal to which the application relates,
(2) A pet passport shall be in a form and contain such information as the Minister may determine.
(3) A registered veterinary practitioner may obtain a reasonable supply, anticipating future use, of blank pet passports from the Minister on payment of the fee set by the Minister.
(4) A registered veterinary practitioner-
(a) shall store blank pet passports in a secure manner and, in accordance with the directions (if any) of an authorised officer, shall not sell or supply a blank pet passport,
(b) shall maintain an accurate record for at least five years of the pet passports issued by him or her in a form (if any) as the Minister may require, and
(c) shall make such returns to the Minister as the Minister may require.
(5) A record maintained in accordance with paragraph (4)(c) shall be made available for inspection on request to an authorised officer.
(6) A pet passport remains the property of the Minister and must be produced for inspection or surrendered on request to an authorised officer.
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paragraphs: Regulations 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are penal provisions to which section 36 (4)(a) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 apply.
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paragraphs: (1) The European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 504 of 2012) are revoked.
(2) A pet passport, certificate, or other document granted under the Regulations revoked by paragraph (1), or referred to in Regulation 17 (3) of those Regulations, remains in force and may be dealt with as if issued under the corresponding provisions of these Regulations.