Diseases of Animals
(Non-Rabies) (Importation of Mammals) (Jersey) Order 2011
THE MINISTER
FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT, in pursuance of Articles 1, 3, 4, 13, 14 and 42 of the Diseases of
Animals (Jersey) Law 1956 orders as follows –[1]
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Interpretation
(1) In this Order, unless
the context otherwise requires –
“Law” means the Animal Health (Jersey) Law 2016;
“licence” means a licence granted under Article 2(1)
of the Rabies Order;
“Rabies Order” means the Diseases of Animals (Rabies)
(Importation of Mammals) (Jersey) Order 2011.[2]
(2) For the purposes of
this Order and for the purposes of Articles 7, 12, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of, and
Schedule 3, Part 1 to, the Law insofar as they may be applicable to the making,
administration and enforcement of this Order –
(a) the
definition of “animal” in Article 4 of the Law is extended to
include any animal belonging to the orders of mammals specified in the Schedule
to the Rabies Order except where specified otherwise in that Schedule;
(b) the
definition of “disease” in Article 2 of the Law is extended to
include, in respect of an animal –
(i) Nipah
disease;
(ii) Hendra
disease;
(iii) mpox;
(iv) tapeworm
(Echinococcus multilocularis).[3]
(3) This Order is for the
purpose of preventing the introduction or spread in Jersey of the diseases
referred to in paragraph (2).
(4) This Order is to be
read with the Diseases of Animals (Rabies)
(Importation of Mammals) (Jersey) Order 2011.
(5) Except where specified
otherwise, this Order does not apply to an animal which is a pet animal in
relation to which the Pet Travel Scheme (Jersey)
Regulations 2011 apply.[4]
2 Licences
and prohibition on landing animals in Jersey
(1) A licence shall not be
granted in respect of –
(a) prairie
dogs originating in or coming from the United States of America; or
(b) rodents
of non-domestic species and squirrels, such rodents or squirrels originating in
or coming from countries of the African sub-Saharan region.
(2) A licence may contain
such conditions as the Minister thinks necessary or expedient for preventing
the introduction or spread in Jersey of any disease specified in Article 1(2).
(3) A person responsible
for an animal in respect of which a licence is granted shall comply with any
conditions of licence under paragraph (2).
3 Application
of the Rabies Order
(1) Any reference in the Rabies
Order to –
(a) a
licence condition or to contravention of a licence shall include a reference to
a licence condition under Article 2 of this Order; and
(b) that
Order shall include a reference to this Order,
except for the purposes of Articles 12 and 15 of the Rabies
Order.
(2) The Minister must not
grant a licence under Article 4 of the Rabies Order for the release and
waiver from detention of an animal if he or she reasonably considers that such
release or waiver will give rise to more than a negligible risk of the
introduction of tapeworm (Echinococcus
multilocularis) into Jersey or the spread of tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) in Jersey.
(3) A dog that is detained
and isolated in quarantine under Article 5 of the Rabies Order shall, at
the owner’s expense, be treated against intestinal forms of tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis), with a medicinal
product approved by the Minister, in such manner and on such number of
occasions and at such intervals as the Veterinary Officer may require either
generally or in a particular case.
(4) Requirements of the
Minister under Article 9(1) of the Rabies Order may include any
requirements that the Minister considers necessary or expedient for the
purposes of this Order.
(5) A person who breaches
any requirement under paragraph (4) that the Minister considers necessary
for the purposes of this Order or any provision in Article 9 of the Rabies
Order relating to such a requirement shall be in breach of this Order.
4 Notice
requirement relating to tapeworm
(1) A person who has in his
or her possession, or under his or her charge, an animal infected with tapeworm
(Echinococcus multilocularis), or the carcase
of such an animal, shall comply with the notification requirements under Article
12(1) of the Law.[5]
(2) “Animal”
for the purposes of paragraph (1) includes a pet animal in relation to
which the Pet Travel Scheme (Jersey)
Regulations 2011 apply.[6]
5 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Non-Rabies) (Importation
of Mammals) (Jersey) Order 2011.