PREVENTION, CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF CERTAIN TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES RULES

PREVENTION, CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF

CERTAIN TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM

ENCEPHALOPATHIES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.119

PREVENTION, CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF

CERTAIN TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM

ENCEPHALOPATHIES RULES

18th February, 2025

LEGAL NOTICE 38 of 2025.

(1)

The title of these rules is the Prevention, Control

and

Eradication

of

certain

Transmissible

Spongiform

Encephalopathies Rules.

(2)

The scope of these rules is to implement the requirements

of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of

the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention,

control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform

encephalopathies.

(1)

In these rules, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Veterinary Services Act;

''competent authority'' means the Department as defined

in the Act;

"Director" means the Director of Veterinary Services as

defined in the Act;

"Regulation (EC) No 999/2001" means Regulation (EC)

No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and

eradication

of

certain

transmissible

spongiform

encephalopathies, 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 (EC) No 999/2001 and in

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 rules.

(1)

Without prejudice to rule 3, any person who

breaches any provisions of these rules or any obligation in accordance

PREVENTION, CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF

CERTAIN TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM

ENCEPHALOPATHIES

with these rules, or breaches a provision of Regulation (EC) No 999/

2001, 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.