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The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

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Health certification requirements

20.—(1) It is an offence for a person to introduce any aquaculture animal or any aquaculture product into Northern Ireland where the animal or product is required to be accompanied by an animal health certificate under Article 5 of Decision 2004/453 or Chapter III or IV of Regulation 1251/2008 unless it is accompanied by such a certificate completed in accordance with the relevant model specified in that Article or Chapter.

(2) It is an offence for a person to export any aquaculture animal or any aquaculture product where the animal or product is required to be accompanied by an animal health certificate under Article 8 of Regulation 1251/2008 unless it is accompanied by such a certificate completed in accordance with the relevant model specified in that Article.

(3) It is an offence for a person, for the purpose of procuring an animal health certificate under Article 5 of Decision 2004/453 or Chapter III of Regulation 1251/2008—

(a)to make a statement which that person knows or suspects, or ought to know or suspect, is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b)intentionally to fail to disclose any material particular.

(4) In this regulation—

(a)introduce any aquaculture animal or any aquaculture product into Northern Ireland” includes the introduction of any aquaculture animal or any aquaculture product into any zone or compartment within Northern Ireland from any other zone or compartment within Northern Ireland;

(b)export” means send out of Northern Ireland or send from any zone or compartment within Northern Ireland to any other zone or compartment within Northern Ireland.

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