Animal Health and Transmissible Animal Diseases (Implementing)

L.N. 77 of 2025

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 437)

Animal Health and Transmissible Animal Diseases (Implementing)

Rules, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 5, 7, 8, 9, 10,

11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 34 and 37 of the Veterinary Services Act, the

Minister responsible for veterinary services with the concurrence of

the Minister responsible for customs and the Minister responsible for

public health, has made the following rules:-

(1) The title of these rules is the Animal Health and Citation and

scope.

Transmissible Animal Diseases (Implementing) Rules, 2025.

(2) The scope of these rules is to implement the requirements

of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and

amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health

("Animal Health Law"), as in force from time to time.

(1)

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Veterinary Services Act;

"competent authority" means the Department as defined in

article 2 of the Act;

''Department'' shall have the same meaning as assigned to it

in the Act;

"Director" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in

the Act;

"Regulation (EU) 2016/429" means Regulation (EU) 2016/

429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March

2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and

repealing certain acts in the area of animal health ("Animal

Health Law"), as in force from time to time;

Provided that in these rules and as applicable

according to the case, it shall also include all the delegated or

implementing acts as adopted by the European Union according

to Regulation (EU) 2016/429.

(2)

Unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases

used in these rules which are not defined herein, shall have the same

meaning as assigned to them in Article 4 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/

429 and article 2 of the Act.

The Department shall be the competent authority for the

purposes of Regulation (EU) 2016/429.

Without prejudice to any other power or responsibility in

accordance with the law, and to its application in any other manner in

accordance with the law, Part IX of the Act shall also apply mutatis

mutandis to these rules.

(1) Without prejudice to rule 4, any person who breaches

the provisions of these rules or any obligation in accordance with these

rules, or breaches a provision of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, or hinders

any person responsible for their implementation, shall on conviction,

be liable to the punishments established in the Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-rule (1), the

Court may also order any person guilty of an offence, to pay for the

expenses incurred by the competent authority and the Director as a

result of the said offence, as well as the revocation of any permit or

certification issued under these rules and the confiscation, retention or

destruction or other means of disposal of the animals involved.

(1) The rules and regulations listed hereunder are hereby

being repealed and substituted by these rules

(a) Certificate and Inspection Report linked to Intra-

Community Trade in Animal and Products of Animal Origin

Regulations;

(b) Animal Health Problems affecting Intra-Community

Trade in Bovine Animals and Swine Regulations;

(c) Registration of Holdings in National Databases for

Porcine Animals Rules;

(d)

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control Measures) Rules;

(e) Animal Health Requirements for the Importation into

and Transit through the Community of Live Ungulates Rules;

(f) Animal Health (Production, Processing, Distribution

and Introduction of Products for Human Consumption) Rules;

(g)

Identification and Registration of Pigs Rules;

(h)

Health Conditions governing Intra-Community Trade

in Ovine and Caprine Animals Rules;

(i)

Control and Eradication of the Bluetongue Disease S.L. 437.80.

Rules;

(j)

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control Measures) Rules;

(k)

Classical Swine Fever (Precautions) Rules;

(l) Measures for the Eradication

of

Brucellosis, S.L. 437.86.

Tuberculosis and Leucosis in Cattle Rules;

(m) Measures for the Control of Avian Influenza Rules;

(n) Control of Certain Animal Diseases (and specifically S.L. 437.94.

the Swine Vesicular Disease) Rules;

(o) Animal Health Requirements for Aquaculture S.L. 437.95.

Animals and Products thereof, and on the Prevention and Control

of Certain Diseases in Aquatic Animals Rules;

(p) Animal Health Requirements governing Trade in and S.L. 437.98.

Imports into the Community of Animals, Semen, Ova and

Embryos not subject to Animal Health Requirements laid down

in Specific Community Acts Rules;

(q) Animal Health Conditions Applicable to Intra- S.L. 437.99.

Community Trade and Imports from Third Countries of Deep-

Frozen Semen of Domestic Animals of the Bovine Species

Rules;

(r) Animal Health Conditions Governing Intra- S.L. 437.100.

Community Trade and Importation from Third Countries of

Embryos of Domestic Animals of the Bovine Species Rules;

(s) Animal Health Conditions (Intra-Community Trade S.L. 437.102.

and Imports from Third Countries of Deep-Frozen Semen of

Domestic Animals of the Porcine Species) Rules;

(t) Animal Health Conditions (Intra-Community Trade S.L. 437.103.

and Imports from Third Countries of Poultry and Hatching Eggs)

Rules;

(u) African Horse

Sickness

(Control

Rules

and S.L. 437.105.

Measures) Rules; and

(v)

Measures for the Control of Newcastle Disease Rules . S.L. 437.109.

(2) Any act, decision, omission or action taken before the

coming into force of these rules shall continue to be regulated by the

provisions of the rules and regulations listed in sub-rule (1) as in force

prior to the coming into force of these rules.

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