3. The provisions of this Order shall not apply in relation to approved premises, within the meaning of the Importation of Animals Order 1977(1) and shall apply in relation to imported animals only–
(a)from the time specified in the licence issued under article 11(5) of that Order; or
(b)where the existence or suspected existence of disease in any part of Great Britain makes it expedient that no such licence should be issued for the time being, from the time when those animals have completed the period of detention in quarantine required under the provisions of that Order, or, as the case may be, have been rested in an approved reception centre for the period so required.
S.I. 1977/944.