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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 33
4.—(1) Regulation 13 does not apply to relevant goods.
(2) Relevant goods are not required to enter England through a border control post and may enter England through any point of entry.
5.—(1) Regulation 14 does not apply to relevant goods.
(2) From 1st January 2021, relevant goods of the following descriptions must be pre-notified at least one working day before the expected time of arrival at a point of entry into England—
(a)live animals;
(b)germinal products;
(c)animal by-products comprising—
(i)Category 1 material;
(ii)Category 2 material;
(iii)processed animal protein derived from Category 3 material,
but where the importer can provide evidence of a logistical constraint preventing such notification, that requirement may be satisfied by notification of its expected time of arrival at least four hours in advance.
(3) From [F21st January 2022], relevant goods consisting of products of animal origin must be pre-notified at least one working day before the expected time of arrival at a point of entry into England; but where the importer can provide evidence of a logistical constraint preventing such notification, that requirement may be satisfied by notification of its expected time of arrival at least four hours in advance.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)“Category 1 material”, “Category 2 material” and “Category 3 material” have the meanings given in Articles 8 to 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;
(b)“processed animal protein” has the meaning given in point 5 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(3) substituted (29.9.2021) by The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1096), regs. 1(1)(b), 3(2)(a)
6.—(1) Regulation 15 does not apply to relevant goods but—
(a)official controls must take place at the place of destination indicated in the relevant accompanying importation documentation on a random or risk basis, and in accordance with regulation 29 and 35;
(b)from 1st January 2021, relevant goods consisting of—
(i)live animals or germinal products may not be imported into England unless they are accompanied by the appropriate health certificate for third country imports, in the form published by the Secretary of State from time to time;
(ii)products of animal origin and animal by-products must be accompanied by relevant commercial documents which at least identify the premises of origin and destination, and contain a description of the product and the quantity of the product; and
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) The documents described in sub-paragraph (1)(b) F4... must accompany the consignment of the relevant goods concerned to its place of destination.
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 5 para. 6(1)(c) omitted (29.9.2021) by virtue of The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1096), regs. 1(1)(b), 3(2)(b)(i)
F4Words in Sch. 5 para. 6(2) omitted (29.9.2021) by virtue of The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1096), regs. 1(1)(b), 3(2)(b)(ii)
7. Regulation 19(a) does not apply to relevant goods which have entered England through a point of entry other than a border control post in accordance with this Schedule.
8. Regulation 20 applies as if—
(a)in paragraph (1), after “Official Controls Regulation” there were inserted “ or, in the case of relevant goods, does not comply with the provisions of Schedule 5 ”;
(b)in paragraph (3)(b)—
(i)“from the same border control post” were omitted;
(ii)for “at the border control post” there were substituted “ into England ”.
9. Regulation 23 applies as if, in paragraph (1), after “Official Controls Regulation” there were inserted “ or, in the case of relevant goods, does not comply with the provisions of Schedule 5 ”.
10.—(1) Regulation 27 does not apply in the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) Products and live animals that originate from England and which have been rejected from entering the European Union at a European Union border control post are not required to re-enter England through an English border control post if—
(a)in the case of products and live animals that are not high risk, notification of the re-entry has been given to the Secretary of State or the Food Standards Agency;
(b)in the case of products and live animals that are high risk, the re-entry has been authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or the Food Standard Agency before the re-entry is to take place.
(3) In this paragraph, “high risk” means the products or live animals are suspected of constituting a serious risk to human or animal health or animal welfare.]
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