The Export and Movement Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Export of live animals

4.—(1) No person may export any live animal of the bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or any other biungulate from Great Britain.

(2) By way of derogation from paragraph (1), a person may export animals originating outside Great Britain if—

(a) the animals were moved in direct transit on main roads or railway lines through any area in Schedule 1 or 2 without stops, other than those required by traffic conditions; and

(b) the requirements in paragraph (3)(a) and (b) are complied with.

(3) No person may export any biungulate to another member State from Wales without the prior authorisation of the Welsh Ministers unless—

(a) at least three days before export the Welsh Ministers have notified that member State; and

(b) in the case of—

(i) 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.”;

(ii) 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.”.