Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/1673 |
| Year | 2000 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulation 2000 and shall come into force on 28th July 2000.(2) In these Regulations—(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, is a reference to a Schedule to these Regulations.(4) Any reference in these Regulations to an instrument of the European Community is to that instrument as amended at the time these Regulations are made.(5) A notice or approval under these Regulations shall be in writing, may be made subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked in writing at any time.(6) These Regulations shall extend to England and Wales only.These Regulations shall not apply to veterinary checks on movements of pets (other than equidae) accompanied by and under the responsibility of a natural person, where such movements are not the subject of a commercial transaction. (1) Except where otherwise expressly provided, these Regulations shall be executed and enforced by the local authority.(2) The Minister (or in Wales the National Assembly for Wales) may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or a particular case, that any duty imposed on a local authority under paragraph (1) above shall be discharged by the Minister (or in Wales the National Assembly for Wales) and not by the local authority.This Part of these Regulations shall apply to trade between member States in live animals and all animal products which are the subject of the Directives and other measures referred to in Part I of Schedule 3, except aquaculture products for human consumption controlled by Council Directive it complies with the relevant provisions of those Directives or measures (including any option permitted by those Directives or measures which has been exercised by the member State of destination) ;when required by a Directive or other measure, it is accompanied by an export health certificate signed by a veterinary inspector (or, where specified in a Directive or other measure, signed by a veterinary surgeon nominated by the exporter) or any other document required by a Directive or other measure;when required by a Directive or other measure, any notification of a disease on the holding from which the animal has been consigned has been made within the time and in the manner (if any) specified in the Directive or other measure;if the animal is acquired through an assembly centre, that centre has been approved by the Minister (or in Wales the National Assembly for Wales) for the purposes of intra-Community trade and complies with the provisions of Article 11 of Council Directive 64/432/EEC and Part I of Schedule 3.(2) If an inspector has reasonable cause to suspect that a person in charge of animals or animal products intends to export them in contravention of this regulation he may by notice served on the consignor, his representative or person in charge of the animals or animal products, prohibit that exportation and require the person on whom the notice is served to take the animals or animal products to such place as may be specified in the notice and to take such further action in relation to them as may be specified in the notice.(3) In the event of a notice served under paragraph (2) above not being complied with, an inspector may seize or cause to be seized any animal or animal product to which it relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.(4) No person shall export to another member State any animal to which the provisions of Articles 7, 9 and 10 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC (laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Council Directives 90/425/EEC) apply unless the animal originates from a holding which has been registered with the Minister (or in Wales the National Assembly for Wales) and the owner or person in charge of that holding has given to the Minister (or in Wales the National Assembly for Wales) undertakings in accordance with Article 4 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.(1) No person shall import from another member State any animal or animal product subject to a Directive or other measure listed in Part I of Schedule 3 and in free circulation in another member State unless it complies with the relevant provisions of that Directive or measure and any additional requirements
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