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The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012

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  • sch. 3 para. 4 words inserted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(22)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
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  • Sch. 3 para. 5(1) words substituted by S.S.I. 2019/288 reg. 5(7) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/288, reg. 5 omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(3), 5)
  • sch. 3 para. 4 heading words substituted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(22)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)

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  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(4) inserted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(b)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3(2) inserted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(d)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 4(6) inserted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(e)(v) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(3) omitted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(b)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 4(5) omitted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(e)(iv) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3(1) sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3 renumbered as sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3(1) by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(d)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 2(6) substituted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(c)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 4(1) substituted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(e)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
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  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 6 substituted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(g) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 2(3)(a) word substituted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(c)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 4(3) word substituted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(e)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(1) words omitted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(b)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
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  • sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 4(4) words substituted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(21)(e)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • Sch. 3 para. 8 inserted by S.I. 2024/541 reg. 16(3)
  • Sch. 5 para. 5(1A)-(1D) inserted by S.I. 2024/541 reg. 16(4)(c)(i)
  • Sch. 5 para. 5(6)(za) inserted by S.I. 2024/541 reg. 16(4)(c)(iv)
  • reg. 13(2A)(2B) inserted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(10)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)
  • reg. 30(2A) inserted by S.S.I. 2019/71 reg. 29(18)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2019/71, reg. 29 revoked immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.S.I. 2020/458, regs. 1(2), 3)

Regulations 7 and 33

SCHEDULE 3SCases to which Part 3 does not apply

This schedule has no associated Executive Note

[F1Case 1: Personal imports and small consignmentsS

1.—(1) Products referred to in Articles 7 and 10 of [F2Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2122.]]

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Case 2: International means of transportS

2.  Any product that is on board a means of transport operating internationally that is intended for consumption by the crew and passengers and that is—

(a)not unloaded;

(b)transferred directly from one means of transport operating internationally to another at the same port and under customs supervision; or

(c)destroyed as soon as it is unloaded.

[F3Case 3: Research and diagnostic samplesS

3.—(1) F4... Research and diagnostic samples as defined in point (38) of Annex 1 to [F5Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011] are exempt from veterinary checks at the border control post provided that they have been authorised in advance by the Scottish Ministers and the consignment is sent directly from the point of entry to the authorised user.

F6(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

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[F7Case 4: Consignments cleared in Great Britain S

4.  Consignments of animals and products that have been presented to a border control post in Great Britain and cleared for free circulation.]

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Case 5: Composite productsS

5.—(1) Composite products and foodstuffs listed in F8...Commission Decision 2007/275/EC.

(2) Composite products not containing meat or meat products, where less than half of the product is processed product of animal origin, provided that such products are—

(a)shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone, in their manufacture, a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured;

(b)clearly identified as intended for human consumption;

(c)securely packaged or sealed in clean containers; and

(d)accompanied by a commercial document and labelled in [F9English (whether or not it also appears in any other language)], so that that document and labelling together give information on the nature, quality and number of packages of the composite products, the country of origin, the manufacturer and the ingredient.

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Case 6: Animals subject to rabies controlS

6.  Animals specified in Schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 M1 and imported in accordance with a licence under that Order.

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1974/2211 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[F10Case 7: [F11Relevant] animals intended for scientific purposesS

7.—(1) [F12Relevant] animals intended for scientific purposes such as research, educational activities or research related to product development activities are exempt from official controls at border control posts (other than controls carried out in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014provided that—

(a)they comply with all requisite animal health requirements;

(b)they have been authorised by the Scottish Ministers; and

(c)when the activities relating to the scientific purposes have been carried out, they and any products derived from them (with the exception of any portions used for the scientific purposes) are disposed of or re-dispatched to the third country of origin.

[F13(1A) In this paragraph, “relevant animals” means—

(a)animals listed in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and

(b)invertebrate animals.]

[F14(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to zebra fish, aquatic molluscs belonging to the phylum Mollusca or aquatic crustaceans belonging to the subphylum Crustacea.]

[F15(3) The reference to educational activities in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—

(a)vertebrate animals; or

(b)honey bees (Apis mellifera) or bumble bees (Bombus spp).]]

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