Article 21U.K.Specific animal health conditions regarding imports of equidae for slaughter
The operator, as identified in [F1the relevant part] of the [F2CHED] referred to in point (i) of Article 16(1)(b), of a consignment of equidae for slaughter shall ensure that after the checks carried out at the border [F3control] post of entry into [F4Great Britain], the animals:
are either conveyed directly, without delay and without coming into contact with equidae of a different health status, to the slaughterhouse of destination where they shall be slaughtered within 72 hours of arrival at the slaughterhouse; or
pass through a single approved market or marshalling centre [F5, as indicated in the relevant health certificate, in the form published by the appropriate authority from time to time,] from where they are to be removed after the market under national rules ensuring traceability directly to a slaughterhouse to be slaughtered, as soon as possible, but at the latest within 5 working days of arrival in [F6Great Britain] without coming into contact with equidae of a different health status.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(28)(a)(i) (with regs. 69-71)
F2Word in Art. 21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(28)(a)(ii) (with regs. 69-71)
F3Word in Art. 21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(28)(a)(iii) (with regs. 69-71)
F4Words in Art. 21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(28)(a)(iv) (with regs. 69-71)
F5Words in Art. 21(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(28)(b)(aa) (with regs. 69-71)
F6Words in Art. 21(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(28)(b)(bb) (with regs. 69-71)