Participation (Amendment) Regulations, 2025

L.N. 83 of 2025

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 437)

Trade in Equidae intended for Competitions and Conditions for

Participation (Amendment) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 34 of the

Veterinary Services Act, the Minister responsible for veterinary

services, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Trade in Equidae Citation.

intended for Competitions and Conditions for Participation

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025, and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Trade in Equidae intended for S.L. 437.02.

Competitions and Conditions for Participation Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

regulation 2 shall be renumbered as 2(1);

(b) the words "the definitions set out in article 2 of

European Union Council Directive 90/427/EEC on the

zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing trade with

Member States in equidae shall apply." shall be substituted by the

words "the definitions set out in article 2 of Regulation (EU)

2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8

June 2016 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the

breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding

animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof

and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives

89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the

area of animal breeding ("Animal Breeding Regulation"), as

applicable and as in force from time to time shall also apply.".

(c) the definition "the competent authority" shall be

substituted by the following new definition

" "competent authority" means the Department as

defined in the Act;"

(d) immediately after the definition "competent

authority", as substituted, there shall be added the following new

definition

" "Department" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;";

(e) immediately after the definition "Member State" there

shall be added the following new definition

" "Official Controls Regulation" means Regulation

(EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other

official activities performed to ensure the application of

food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant

health and plant protection products, amending Regulations

(EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/

2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No

652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the

European Parliament and of the Council, Council

Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and

Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC,

2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations

(EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European

Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/

EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,

96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC

(Official Controls Regulation);";

(f)

the definition "trade" shall be deleted; and

(g) immediately after the definition "trading partner"

there shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub

regulation (1), unless the context otherwise requires, terms

used in these regulations which are not defined herein shall

have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.".

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulation

" Coordinating

(1) The Department shall serve as the

coordinating authority for all the purposes of

Commission Decision of 26 March 1992 on the

collection of data concerning competitions for

equidae as referred to in Article 4(2) of Council

Directive 90/428/EEC (92/216/EEC), as in force from

time to time.

(2) The Director and the Department are being

vested with the responsibility of fulfilling all the

purposes of the Commission Decision referred to in

sub-regulation (1).".

4. Immediately after regulation 5, as substituted, there shall be Adds new

added the following new regulations

" Right of appeal.

(1) Decisions of the Director in terms of

these regulations shall be subject to a right of appeal

before the Administrative Review Tribunal established

by article 5(1) of the Administrative Justice Act.

(2) An appeal in terms of this regulation shall

be filed within twenty (20) days from the service of the

Director’s decision

Provided that the Director’s decision shall

become immediately applicable and enforceable and

shall remain applicable throughout the term of appeal

until final judgment is delivered by the Administrative

Review Tribunal and shall remain applicable, unless

such decision is overturned by the said Tribunal or

withdrawn by the Director.

(3) The provisions of the Code of Organization

and Civil Procedure regarding the right to appeal shall

apply mutatis mutandis to these regulations.

Part IX of the Act.

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 regulations.

(1)

Without prejudice to rule 6, any

person who breaches the provisions of these rules or

any obligation in accordance with these rules or

breaches a provision of the Official Controls

Regulation 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-

regulation (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 certificate issued in accordance with

these regulations and the confiscation, retention

destruction or other means of disposal of the animals

involved.".

The Collection of Data Concerning Competitions for

5. Equidae Regulations are hereby repealed without prejudice to

anything done or omitted to be done thereunder.

6. Immediately after the last item of the Second Schedule to the

Administrative Justice Act there shall be added the following new item

"Trade in Equidae intended for Competitions and

Conditions for Participation Regulations S.L. 437.02, Superior/

Inferior Competence".

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