The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011

PART 2 Additional provisions relating to imports from third countries

Arrival at premises of destination

8.—(1) This paragraph applies to elephants and to cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and all other animals of the taxa Artiodactyla, and their crossbreeds.

(2) Animals intended for immediate slaughter must be conveyed without delay from the border inspection post to the slaughterhouse of destination and slaughtered within five working days.

(3) In any other case the animals must be taken without delay from the border inspection post to the holding of destination and kept there for at least 30 days (unless consigned from the holding direct to a slaughterhouse).

Imported birds

9.—(1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for Commission Regulation (EC) No. 318/2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof(1).

(2) An importer must comply with Article 7 (transport of birds) of that Regulation.

(3) No person may release a bird from quarantine except in accordance with Article 16 (release of birds) of that Regulation.

Horses

10.  When a horse is imported from a third country under Commission Decision 92/260/EEC on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for temporary admission of registered horses(2), the official veterinary surgeon must return the health certificate to the person accompanying the horse, and make a record of the certificate.

Ships stores

11.  A product that does not comply with import requirements and is sent from a border inspection post to a ship must be accompanied by the certificate referred to in the instrument in Schedule 1 relating to that product, and the master of the vessel must confirm delivery of the product by signing the certificate specified in Commission Decision 2000/571/EC (laying down the methods of veterinary checks for products from third countries destined for introduction into free zones, free warehouses, customs warehouses or operators supplying cross border means of sea transport(3)) and returning it as soon as is reasonably practicable to the official veterinary surgeon at the border inspection post.

Charges for veterinary checks from New Zealand

12.  The charge for veterinary checks carried out on a consignment from New Zealand is 1.5 euro for each tonne of the consignment, subject to a minimum of 30 euro and a maximum of 350 euro, save that where the actual cost of the veterinary checks carried out on a consignment exceeds 350 euro, the amount of the charge is the actual cost.

(1)

OJ No. L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 7 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 239/2010 (OJ No. L 75, 23.3.2010, p. 18).

(2)

OJ No. L 130, 15.5.1992, p. 67 as last amended by Commission Decision 2010/463/EU (OJ No. L 220, 21.8.2010, p. 74).

(3)

OJ No. L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 14.