
2022 No. 948 (W. 204)
Animals, WalesAnimal Health
The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
Made 6 September 2022
Laid before Senedd Cymru 8 September 2022
Coming into force 1 October 2022

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the power conferred by Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals, make the following Regulations.

In accordance with Article 39(7) of that Regulation, before making these Regulations, the Welsh Ministers have consulted such bodies and persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
Title, commencement, expiry, application and extent
1 

(1) The title of these Regulations is The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 October 2022 and expire on 1 April 2023
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales, and extend to England and Wales.
Revocation
2 
The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022 are revoked from 1 October 2022.
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013
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(1) Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals is amended as follows.
(2) In Annex 4 (Validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test)—
(a) in point 2(b), at the end insert “, except where point 2A applies”;
(b) after point 2, insert—“
2A. 
This point applies where, the Welsh Ministers have administered a test which measures a level of antibody to rabies virus in serum of the animal tested equal to or greater than 0.3 EU/ml and 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 2022;”.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers
6 September 2022