Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 2 heading substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(5)
5.—[F3(1) No animal or genetic material may be sent to or brought from a member State unless it is accompanied by an original health certificate.
(1A) No animal product may be sent to or brought from a member State, unless it is accompanied by a relevant document.]
(2) The consignee of an incoming consignment shall keep the certificate for 12 months from the date of delivery of the consignment.
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 5 heading substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(6)(a)
F3Reg. 5(1)(1A) substituted for reg. 5(1) (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(6)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 5 in operation at 1.1.2012, see reg. 1
6.—(1) In order to prepare a health certificate for the consignment of an animal [F4, animal product or genetic material to a] member State, the person intending to despatch the consignment shall apply to the Department or a person authorised by the Department for a uniquely numbered certificate.
(2) The certificate shall then be completed by a person authorised to do so by the Department, in accordance with the instructions sent by the Department with the certificate.
(3) The person completing the certificate shall ensure that the conditions specified in the certificate are fulfilled and that all necessary examinations have been carried out.
(4) If everything is in order the person shall sign the certificate.
(5) A person shall not sign a certificate unless authorised to do so by the Department.
(6) A person shall not sign a certificate knowing it to be false, or believing it not to be true.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(7)
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 6 in operation at 1.1.2012, see reg. 1
7.—(1) No animal or genetic material shall be consigned to [F6a] member State unless the consignor or their representative has notified the competent authority of the member State of destination, at least [F7one working day before the expected arrival of the consignment].
(2) No animal, (other than registered horses accompanied by identification documentation provided for by Council Directive 90/427/EEC (on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community trade in equidae) [F8, as last amended by Council Directive 2008/73/EC,] or genetic material shall be brought into Northern Ireland from [F9a] member State unless the person bringing in the consignment has notified the Department, at least 24 hours in advance of the intended arrival of the consignment.
Textual Amendments
F5Reg. 7 heading substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(8)(a)
F6Word in reg. 7(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(8)(b)(i)
F7Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(8)(b)(ii)
F8Words in reg. 7(2) inserted (11.4.2019) by The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/82), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 21
F9Word in reg. 7(2) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/227), regs. 1, 20(8)(c)
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 7 in operation at 1.1.2012, see reg. 1
8. Part I of Schedule 3 makes additional requirements for specific cases.
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 8 in operation at 1.1.2012, see reg. 1