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7.—(1) A person shall not transport any animal or animal product in intra-Community trade unless it is accompanied by the documents required by Article 3.1.d of Council Directive 90/425/EEC.
(2) A person shall not deliver any animal or animal product imported from a member State other than to the address specified in the required consignment documentation unless required to do so by a notice served on him by the Department under these Regulations.
(3) If an animal or animal product is delivered to an address other than that specified in the required consignment documentation and not in compliance with a notice served by the Department, the Department may serve a notice on the person appearing to it to be in charge of the animal or animal product requiring that person to transport it, at that person’s expense, to the address specified in the required consignment documentation.
(4) In the event of a notice under paragraphs (2) and (3) not being complied with the Department may seize or cause to be seized any animal or animal product to which it relates and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be complied with.
(5) In the case of the transport of cattle or pigs, the provisions of Part II of Schedule 2 shall have effect, and any failure to comply with these provisions may lead to a withdrawal of a licence to transport those animals granted under Article 12 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) in accordance with Schedule 9 to that Order.
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