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Sale of specified animals

4.—(1) No person shall sell a specified animal unless that animal is accompanied by a national administrative document which relates to that animal.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, an animal referred to in that paragraph need not be accompanied by a national administrative document if that animal has been imported into Great Britain during the period of three months preceding the date of such sale–

(a)from another member State, and is accompanied by an administrative trade document issued by the competent authority in that member State pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 3 of Commission Regulation 3886/92; or

(b)from any third country, and the person selling the animal produces on demand to an authorised person satisfactory documentary evidence to show that the animal has been imported from a third country within the preceding three months.