SECTION 3 U.K. General requirements for entry into [F1 Great Britain] of consignments of equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae

Article 6 U.K. Certification

1. The health certificates, as provided for in Articles 3, 4 and 5, shall be drawn up and issued in accordance with:

[F2 (a) any applicable supplementary guarantees or conditions that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article;]

[F3 (b) any explanatory notes, as published by the appropriate authority from time to time.]

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Textual Amendments

F2 Art. 6(1)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 16(7)

F3 Art. 6(1)(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(9)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F4 Art. 6(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 68(9)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

Article 7 U.K. Period of validity of health certificates

1. The operator responsible for a consignment of equidae or of semen, ova or embryos of equidae intended for entry into [F5 Great Britain] shall ensure that the consignment is presented to an approved border [F6 control] post authorised for the consignment concerned no later than 10 days from the date of certification of the consignment in the third country of dispatch.

2. Where equidae are transported by sea, the period of 10 days referred to in paragraph 1 shall be extended by the time of transport on sea.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Art. 7(1) 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(10)(a) (with regs. 69-71)

F6 Word in Art. 7(1) 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(10)(b) (with regs. 69-71)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 3 heading 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(8) (with regs. 69-71)