
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 and come into force on 9 April 2022.
2 
Annex 4 (validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test) to Regulation (EU) 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals is amended as follows—
(a) at the start of point 2(b) insert “except where point 2A applies,”,
(b) after point 2 insert—“
2A. 
This point applies where, before 1 October 2022, the Scottish Ministers have administered a test which measures a level of antibody to rabies virus in serum equal to or greater than 0.3 EU/ml 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 2021 of the World Organisation for Animal Health.”.
BEN MACPHERSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
At 1.30 p.m. on 8th April 2022