The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008

3.—(1) The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008(1), as those Regulations apply in Great Britain, are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(2)—

(a) after the definition of “goods” insert—

““HMRC officer” has the meaning given to it in 37(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border) Trade Act 2018;”; and

(b) in the definition of “officer” after “means” insert “an HMRC officer or”.

(3) After regulation 2, insert—

“Penalty for breach of Regulation (EC) 1523/2007

2A.— (1) Any person who, in Great Britain contravenes Article 3 of Regulation (EC) 1523/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council banning the placing on the market and the import to, or export from, the Community of cat and dog fur, and products containing such fur, is guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence described in paragraph (1) is liable—

(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £75,000; or

(b) on summary conviction, to a fine.”.

(4) In regulation 3, for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) These Regulations must be enforced in Great Britain by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and not by the enforcement authorities at any place where the goods are under the control of an HMRC officer.”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/2795 as amended by S.I. 2009/1056.