Article 6U.K.General animal health restrictions
1.Animal by-products and derived products from susceptible species shall not be dispatched from holdings, establishments, plants or zones which are subject to restrictions:
(a)pursuant to [F1veterinary legislation forming part of [F2assimilated] law]; or
(b)due to the presence of a serious transmissible disease:
listed in Annex I to Directive 92/119/EEC; or
[F3provided for by Article 4 of the Implementing Regulation; or
laid down in regulations made by the appropriate authority under the second subparagraph.]
[F4The appropriate authority may, by regulations, impose restrictions prohibiting animal by-products and derived products from susceptible species from being dispatched from a holding, establishment, plant or zone specified in the regulations.]
2.Paragraph 1 shall not apply where animal by-products and derived products are dispatched under conditions designed to prevent the spread of diseases transmissible to humans or animals [F5as laid down in regulations made by the appropriate authority under the second subparagraph].
[F6Where the appropriate authority considers it necessary or expedient to impose conditions to prevent the spread of a disease that is transmissible from animals to humans, the appropriate authority may, by regulations, impose conditions that must be complied with when animal by-products and derived products from susceptible species are being dispatched from a holding, establishment, plant or zone.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 6(1)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 12(8)
F2Word in Art. 6(1)(a) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 86(2)(a)
F3Art. 6(1)(b)(ii)(iii) substituted for Art. 6(1)(b)(ii) (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(4)(a)(i) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(4)(a)(ii) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 6(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(4)(b)(i) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 6(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(4)(b)(ii) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)