Import and export of live animals
3.—(1) A person shall not export any live animal of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulate.
(2) By way of derogation from the paragraph (1), the Department may by licence in writing authorise the export of biungulate animals originating outside the United Kingdom if the animals travelled through the United Kingdom in direct and uninterrupted transit on main roads or by rail or sea.
(3) A person shall not import any live animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease into Northern Ireland from a member State.