Dispatch and movement of live animals
5.—(1) No person may dispatch any live animal of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulate.
(2) By way of derogation from paragraph (1), the Welsh Ministers may authorise the export of those animals originating outside Great Britain if the animals travelled through Great Britain on main roads and railway lines and the requirements relating to export in paragraph (3) are complied with.
(3) No person may export any biungulate animal to another member State unless at least three days before export the Welsh Ministers have notified that member State; and—
(a)in the case of bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine animals, the health certificate accompanying the animals bears the following words—
“Animals conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.”; or
(b)in the case of any other biungulates, the health certificate accompanying the animals bears the following words—
“Live biungulates conforming to Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.”.
(4) No person may move any biungulate through Great Britain except on main roads or railway lines.