This paragraph applies to elephants and to cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and all other animals of the taxa Artiodactyla, and their crossbreeds.

Animals intended for immediate slaughter must be conveyed without delay from the F28border control post to the slaughterhouse of destination and slaughtered within five working days.

In any other case the animals must be taken without delay from the F28border control post to the holding of destination and kept there for at least 30 days (unless consigned from the holding direct to a slaughterhouse).

The Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for F14the import of certain birds and quarantine conditions for the purposes ofF3Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 139/2013 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Union and the quarantine conditions thereof.

An importer must comply with Article 7 (transport of birds) of that Regulation.

No person may release a bird from quarantine except in accordance with Article 16 (release of birds) of that Regulation.

A product that does not comply with import requirements and is sent from a border control post to a ship must be accompanied by the relevant health certificate relating to that product, and the master of the vessel must confirm delivery of the product by signing a certificate which must accompany the consignment to its place of destination.

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations impose special import conditions in respect of imports from third countries of products of animal origin intended for human consumption, having regard to the animal health situation of the third country or countries concerned.

Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) are subject to negative procedure.

In this paragraph “products of animal origin” means products obtained from animals and products obtained therefrom, for human consumption, including live animals where they are prepared for such use.

This schedule applies during the transitional staging period to animals and products falling within Article 47(1)(a) and (b) of the Official Controls Regulation which originate from a relevant third country.

In sub-paragraph (1) “the transitional staging period” and “relevant third country” have the same meaning as in paragraph 2 of Annex 6 to the Official Controls Regulation.

Animals and products falling within sub-paragraph (1) are referred to in this schedule as “relevant goods”.

Regulation 11 does not apply to relevant goods.

Relevant goods are not required to enter Scotland through a border control post and may enter Scotland through any point of entry.

Regulation 12 does not apply to relevant goods.

From F351st October 2021 relevant goods consisting of products of animal origin must be pre-notified at least one working day before the expected time of arrival at a point of entry into Scotland.

Where the importer can provide evidence of a logistical constraint preventing the notification under sub-paragraphs (2) or (3), that requirement may be satisfied by notification of the consignment’s expected time of arrival at least 4 hours in advance.

This paragraph applies in addition to other requirements for prior notification of the entry into Scotland of relevant goods from a third country during the transitional staging period (see Article 56A of the Official Controls Regulation as inserted by paragraph 13 of Annex 6 to that Regulation).

Regulation 13 does not apply to relevant goods.

From F361st October 2021, relevant goods consisting of products of animal origin F37or animal by-products may not be imported into Scotland unless they are accompanied by the appropriate health certificate for third country imports, in the form published by the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State from time to time.

The documents described in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) must accompany the consignment of the relevant goods concerned to its place of destination.

Official controls must take place at the place of destination indicated in the relevant accompanying importation documentation on a random or risk basis, and in accordance with regulation 25 and 30.

This paragraph applies in relation to relevant goods consisting of live animals.

The live animals must not be moved from the place of destination indicated in the accompanying health certificate before the completed and signed health certificate has been uploaded to the appropriate computerised information management system.

The person responsible for the transportation of the live animals to the place of destination must be in possession of the appropriate authorisation in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005.