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Part IVOffences, Defences and Exceptions

Defences and exceptions

29.  In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 10 it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove—

(a)that the animal product in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a country which has legislation analogous to these Regulations and that the animal product complies with that legislation; and

(b)in the case of intended export to an EEA State, that the legislation of that EEA State complies with the provisions of Council Directive 96/22 and Council Directive 96/23.