3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall import into Northern Ireland any controlled products unless –
(a)the conditions specified in Articles 2.1, 2, and 4 and 4 of the Commission Decision are satisfied in relation to those products; and
(b)the costs resulting from their analysis, storage and destruction specified in Article 6 of the Commission Decision have been met.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be taken to prohibit the import into Northern Ireland from a member State of any controlled products which are in free circulation in that State.
(3) Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(4) For the purpose of determining whether or not any person is guilty of an offence consisting of a breach of paragraph (3), any chilli, chilli products, curcuma and palm oil shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be controlled products.