Prohibition on importS
3.—(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.