The Food (Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios from Turkey) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

Prohibition on import

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into Wales any controlled Turkish products.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall transport into Wales, from any other part of the United Kingdom, any controlled Turkish products other than controlled Turkish products which have been lawfully imported into the United Kingdom through a point of entry listed in Annex II to the Commission Decision in accordance with the provisions in the legislation in force in relation thereto in that part of the United Kingdom in which that point of entry is situated.

(3) Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) shall be taken to prohibit the import into Wales from a member State of any controlled Turkish products which are in free circulation in that State.

(4) Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

(5) For the purposes of determining whether or not any person is guilty of an offence consisting of a breach of paragraph (4), any Turkish products shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be controlled Turkish products.