17.—(1) No person may—
(a)bring a product or consignment into England from a third country; or
(b)bring into England an Article 9 product or consignment of Article 9 products whose border inspection post of destination is in England,
unless notice of its introduction has been given to the official veterinary surgeon at a border inspection post designated and approved for veterinary checks on that product or consignment and a copy of it has been sent to the office of the Commissioners responsible for the area in which that border inspection post is situated.
(2) Where the border inspection post of introduction and the border inspection post of destination of an Article 9 product or consignment of Article 9 products are both in England, no person may present the product or consignment to a border inspection post unless notice of its presentation has been given to the official veterinary surgeon at a border inspection post of destination designated and approved for veterinary checks on that product or consignment and a copy of it has been sent to the office of the Commissioners responsible for the area in which that border inspection post is situated.
(3) The notice referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2)—
(a)must be in the form set out as Part 1 of the common veterinary entry document;
(b)may be supplied in electronic form;
(c)must be in English and also in an official language of the country of destination in the relevant territories referred to in the notice, if other than the United Kingdom;
(d)must arrive at the border inspection post before the product or consignment is unloaded from the means of transport that brought it to England; and
(e)in the case of a notice given to a border inspection post of destination, must specify what checks have been carried out at the border inspection post of introduction.