SECTION 3

General requirements for entry into Great Britain of consignments of equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae

Certification
Article 6
1
The health certificates, as provided for in Articles 3, 4 and 5, shall be drawn up and issued in accordance with:
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;
b
any explanatory notes, as published by the appropriate authority from time to time.
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Period of validity of health certificates
Article 7
1
The operator responsible for a consignment of equidae or of semen, ova or embryos of equidae intended for entry into Great Britain shall ensure that the consignment is presented to an approved border 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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)