Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee Draft Report
Title: The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011
Procedure: Negative
This Order makes provision for the administration and enforcement of a number of Commission Decisions in Great Britain, including those dealing with protection measures with regard to monkey pox virus, highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community, the protection against the risk of the introduction of rabies, Hendra disease, Nipah disease and for the administration and enforcement of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 supplementing Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003 as regards preventive health measures for the control of tapeworm infection in dogs.
Technical Scrutiny
The following point is identified for reporting under Standing Order 21.2 in respect of this instrument.
The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 has not been made bilingually.
[Standing Order 21.2 (ix)-that it is not made in both English and Welsh.
Merits Scrutiny
There are no points identified for reporting under Standing Order 21.3 in respect of this instrument.
Legal Advisers
Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee
December 2011
The Government has responded as follows:
The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011
This composite Order applies to England and Wales and is subject to approval by the National Assembly for Wales and by Parliament. Accordingly, it is not considered reasonably practicable for this Instrument to be laid in draft, or made, bilingually.