Safeguard measuresE+W
[29.—(1) Where the Welsh Ministers or the Food Standards Agency—
(a)has reasonable grounds for suspecting the existence of a disease, zoonosis, phenomenon or circumstance in a country [or territory] outside [Great Britain] such that animals or products originating from the whole or part of the country [or territory] concerned are liable to pose risk to human or animal health, or
(b)is of the opinion that there is serious non-compliance with official control rules under the [Official Controls Regulation in relation to imports],
the Welsh Ministers or the Agency may publish a written declaration of the special measures necessary in order to contain the risk to human or animal health or the risk of non-compliant animals or products entering into [Great Britain].
(2) The special measures that the Welsh Ministers or the Food Standards Agency may require include—
(a)suspension of entry of any animal or product originating in or dispatched from the whole or part of the country [or territory] concerned;
(b)imposition of conditions requiring that any animals or products—
(i)prior to dispatch, or on arrival, are made the subject of specific treatment or controls;
(ii)be accompanied by an official certificate, an official attestation, or any other evidence (in any format that may be specified) that any import ... complies with established official control rules under the [Official Controls Regulation] and any relevant Implementing Regulations and Delegated Regulations made under it or equivalent rules in [third countries];
(c)such other measures as the Welsh Ministers or the Agency considers necessary to contain the risk.
(3) The declaration must be published in such manner as the Welsh Ministers or the Food Standards Agency (as the case may be) thinks fit and may be amended or revoked by further declaration at any time.
(4) No person may import into the United Kingdom anything in breach of any measures mentioned in any declaration.]