25.—(1) Where any aquaculture animal originating outside the European Communities and imported into Northern Ireland from any place inside those Communities is intended for quarantine in accordance with Article 10 or 11 of Regulation 1251/2008, it is an offence for the person importing the animal to fail to transport it directly to a quarantine facility.
(2) Where quarantine is a condition for the placing on the market of any aquaculture animal in accordance with Article 17 or 20 of Directive 2006/88 or for the import of any such animal into the European Communities in accordance with Chapter IV of Regulation 1251/2008, it is an offence for the operator of a quarantine facility to release the animal from quarantine without the prior written consent of the Department.