METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIDAE RULES

METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIDAE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.113

METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIDAE

RULES

26th May, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 75 of 2024.

(1)

The title of these rules is the Methods for the

Identification of Equidae Rules.

(2)

The scope of these rules is to implement the requirements

of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17

February 2015 laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/

427/EEC and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the

identification of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation).

(1)

In these rules, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Veterinary Services Act;

"Department" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to in the Act;

"Regulation (EU) 2015/262" means the Commission

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17 February 2015

laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/427/EEC

and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the identification

of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation), as in force from time

to time.

(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 Regulation (EU) 2015/262 and in the

Act.

For the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2015/262 the

competent authority shall be the Department.

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) 2015/262,

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

METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIDAE

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

expenses incurred by the competent authority and the Director of

Veterinary Services 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.