The Export of Sheep (Prohibition) Order 1991

Prohibition of export of sheep

3.—(1) No person shall export from Great Britain to a member State any sheep to which this Order applies.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) below, this Order applies to any sheep which—

(a) was moved from a designated area in accordance with a consent which was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applied should be marked with a paint mark; or

(b) was moved from such an area in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an order made under section 1(1) of the Act (which empowers the making of emergency orders) which applied to that sheep at the time it was moved.

(3) This Order applies to a sheep only for so long as the area from which it has been moved remains a designated area.

(4) Paragraph (2)(a) above shall not apply—

(a) in the case of any sheep which has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by the appropriate Minister or the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland;

(b) in the case of any sheep which has been marked with a blue paint mark in accordance with a consent, on or after 1st April of the year following the year in which it was so marked;

(c) in the case of any sheep which has been marked with an apricot paint mark in accordance with a consent, on or after 1st August of the year in which it was so marked; or

(d) in the case of any sheep which has been marked with a green paint mark in accordance with a consent, on or after 1st December of the year in which it was so marked.