PART 3IMPORTATION FROM A THIRD COUNTRY

Unchecked consignments19.

(1)

The Department or district council shall seize any consignment—

(a)

brought into Northern Ireland other than through a border inspection post approved for that animal, product or genetic material;

F1(b)

removed from a border control post without a CHED or the authority of the official veterinary surgeon or the authorised officer (as the case may be) at the post; or

(c)

transported from the border control post to a destination other than that specified in the entry document.

(2)

Where the Department or district council suspects that a consignment does not satisfy the conditions in the legislation in Schedule 2 relating to that animal, product or genetic material—

(a)

it may F2detain or, seize, or cause the consignment to be F2detained or seized, pending investigation; and

(b)

any costs incurred shall be at the expense of the person responsible for the consignment.