Prohibition on import3
1
Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into Scotland any Iranian pistachios unless–
a
the conditions specified in Article 2.1, 2.3 and 2.7 of the Commission Decision are satisfied in relation to those Iranian pistachios; and
b
on sampling and analysis by the food authority under regulation 4(3)(b) those Iranian pistachios are found not to contain higher levels of aflatoxin than those specified for such pistachios in Annex I of the Commission Regulation.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into Scotland any Iranian pistachios, except through a point of entry listed in Annex II to the Commission Decision.
3
Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be taken to prohibit the bringing into Scotland–
a
from another member State of the European Community of any Iranian pistachios which are in free circulation in that member State; or
b
from England, Wales or Northern Ireland of Iranian pistachios which have been imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with the Commission Decision.
4
Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1)(a) or (2) 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.