The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Substitution of regulation 16

7.  The following regulation is substituted for regulation 16 —

“Prohibition on introduction of products except at border inspection posts

16.— (1) No product shall be introduced into Wales from a third country except at a border inspection post designated and approved for veterinary checks on that product.

(2) No Article 9 product, the border inspection post of introduction of which is outside the United Kingdom, and the border inspection post of destination of which is in Wales, shall be introduced into Wales except at a border inspection post designated and approved for veterinary checks on that product.

(3) This regulation shall be enforced -—

(a) at points of entry by the Commissioners;

(b) at premises referred to in regulation 4(b) by the Agency; and

(c) at any other place by the local authority.

(4) In cases where an officer of a local authority, when exercising any statutory function, discovers at a point of entry a consignment or product which he or she considers may have been introduced in breach of this regulation, he or she must notify a customs officer and detain the consignment or product until a customs officer takes charge of it.

(5) For the purposes of the application of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 to products introduced in contravention of this regulation, the time of introduction shall be the time of importation in accordance with with section 5 of that Act.”.