Search Legislation

The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Section 11

 Help about opening options

Changes to legislation:

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011, Section 11. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1Border control postsE+W

11.(1) A border control post is a place, together with the facilities contained at that place, that has been designated by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with Article 59 of the [F2Official Controls Regulation].

(2) If at any time the relevant authority is of the opinion that any part of the inspection facilities at the border control post no longer complies with the requirements for approval, the relevant authority may, in accordance with Articles 61 to 63 of the [F3Official Controls Regulation], serve a notice on the operator—

(a)specifying the breach;

(b)providing a time limit within which the conditions must be complied with; and

(c)prohibiting the use of that part of the facilities until the conditions of the approval are complied with.

(3) If the notice is not complied with, the Welsh Ministers may suspend the approval in relation to that part of the inspection facilities.

(4) If the operator of a border control post is determined by the relevant authority to be in serious breach relating to the performance requirements of official controls for any of the categories of animal or product for which it has been designated, or the conditions of the approval, or if the operation of the border control post creates a risk to human or animal health or animal welfare, the Welsh Ministers must suspend the approval of the border control post and order its activities to cease for all, or specified, categories of animal or productF4....

(5) In paragraph (2), “the relevant authority” (“yr awdurdod perthnasol”) means—

(a)in relation to animals, the Welsh Ministers; or

(b)in relation to products, the local authority.]

Back to top

Options/Help