Prohibition on import3
1
Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall import into Scotland any hot chilli or hot chilli products unless–
a
the conditions specified in Articles 2.1, 2.3, 3.1 and 4 of the Commission Decision are satisfied in relation to those products; and
b
the costs resulting from their analysis and storage specified in Article 6 of the Commission Decision have been met.
2
Paragraph (1) shall not be taken to prohibit the bringing into Scotland–
i
from a member State of any hot chilli or hot chilli products which are in free circulation in that member State; or
ii
from England, Wales or Northern Ireland of hot chilli or hot chilli products which have been imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with the Commission Decision.
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.