Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 No. 78

SCHEDULE 5 Regulations relating to imports and exports: consequential provisions

Part II Consequential modifications to the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

7.  In regulation 24—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “Subject to paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraphs (2A) and (3)”; and

(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(2A) Where the official veterinary surgeon consults the Agency in relation to non-compliance of any product of animal origin with public health conditions, he shall not authorise the importer of the products to transport them for storage in a free zone or free warehouse in accordance with the provisos in paragraph (2) without first informing the Agency”.