PETS: Background Information
- Statistics for dogs and cats entering the UK
- The Kennedy Report - summary of recommendations
- Risk Assessment
- News releases and Ministers Statements
- The Law
In September 1998 the government published the report by the Advisory Group on Quarantine (the AGQ) Quarantine and rabies: a reappraisal. The Advisory Group was chaired by Professor Ian Kennedy, and is also known as "the Kennedy Report". It set out the Group's recommendations for a reform of the U.K. quarantine regulations.
This section of the site contains a summary of the recommendations, and the chapter of the report dealing with the risk of introduction of rabies into the United Kingdom (the Risk Assessment).
Copies of the full report Quarantine and rabies: a reappraisal (ref: PB3986) priced £15.00 are available from Defra Publications, Admail 6000, London SW1A 2XX, Tel: 0645 556000
It also covers recent Ministers Statements, News Releases and details of the Government's consultation exercise on the legislation introducing this change.
Page last modified: March 22, 2006